Granada Television: World in Action transcripts: Guyana Election, 1968

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0101 ICS 23
Held at	: Institute of Commonwealth Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library ›
Full title	: Granada Television: World in Action transcripts: Guyana Election, 1968
Date(s)	: 1968
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Granada Television
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

'World in Action', produced by Granada Television, is one of Britain's longest running current affairs programmes. First launched in 1963, World in Action was the first weekly current affairs programme in Britain to pioneer pictorial journalism on film and to risk taking an independent editorial stance. Guyana achieved independence in 1966, the 1968 General Election was won by the People's National Congress, led by Forbes Burnham.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Transcripts of two Granada Television 'World in Action' programmes on the Guyana Elections of 1968, 'The Trail of the vanishing voter', broadcast 11 Dec 1968 and 'The Making of a Prime Minister', broadcast 6 Jan 1969; with OpinionResearch Centre survey on electoral registers for Guyana, Oct 1968 and transcript of the results of general elections in Guyana, 1964 and 1968.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

4 items

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Most items may be copied, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager. Copyright presumed belonging to Granada Television.

Finding aids:

See link to repository catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Source of acquisition by ICS unknown.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Aug 2001