Catalogue description Department of Trade: Publishing, Tourism, Films and Distribution Division: Registered Files (PTFD Series)

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Reference: FV 81
Title: Department of Trade: Publishing, Tourism, Films and Distribution Division: Registered Files (PTFD Series)
Description:

This series consists of files concerning the publishing industry, tourism, the film industry (including distribution), used in the Department of Trade and subsequently by the Department for Trade and Industry.

It includes records relating to the Interim Action Committee on the Film Industry, chaired by Harold Wilson
Date: 1956-1994
Arrangement:

By former reference order within each transfer.
Related material:

Files relating to publishing FV 57
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: PTFD
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Trade, 1974-1983
Physical description: 410 file(s)
Physical condition: Satisfactory
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2021 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

From 2002 Department of Trade and Industry
Custodial history: Transferred from the Department of Trade in 1983 to the Department of Trade and Industry. All files relating to films were transferred to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in 1997, and also some files relating to tourism.
Selection and destruction information: Selected under section 2.2.1.6, cultural policy, of the PRO's Acquisition Policy
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Publishing, Tourism, Films and Distribution Division consisted of two branches: the first of these dealt with tourism and the cinema industry; the second with matters relating to publishing and distribution.

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