Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information – in the House of Commons at on 10 March 1943.
Mr. Henry White:
asked the Minister of Information whether he has any information to give as to a film taken of an international miners' conference held in May, 1942, and of the progress made, with a view to it being exhibited in this country and those countries it was produced for?
Mr Brendan Bracken
, Paddington North
Unfortunately, the technical quality of the film to which my hon. Friend refers proved to be so poor that it could not be publicly exhibited. This was nobody's fault in particular; it was one of the hazards of film-making.
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