The Best of Britain

United Kingdom, 1989

Film
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The Best of Britain takes you to nine of Britain’s most beautiful cities and towns. It is a detailed and colourful record of these historic places of interest, which represent a unique heritage and reflect the distinctive ambience which can only be described as the best of Britain. Rated: G

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Credits

producer

Moviemaker Film and Television Production Co

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300888

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - Great Britain

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

History → Great Britain - Antiquities

History → Historic sites

Places → Cities and towns - Great Britain

Places → Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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