{"product_id":"best-of-the-coi-central-office-of-information","title":"BEST OF THE COI (CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION - BLU-RAY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Best of COI Five Decades of Public Information Films (2-disc Blu-ray)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Centre Office of Information (COI) was established in April 1946 as a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information. It went on to produce and distribute thousands of films for use across Britain, the Commonwealth and the World. Many famous have passed through the portals of the COI including luminaries of the British documentary movement such as Paul Rotha, Humphrey Jennings and Lindsay Anderson and in later years the likes of Hugh Hudson (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChariots of Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and Peter Greenaway (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Draughtsman's Contract\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 2-disc Blu-ray collection brings together many of the COI's most loved (and in some cases feared) productions including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesign for Today, Apaches, Lonely Water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCharley's March of Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Also included are two previously unreleased COI classics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmoking and You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWaverley Steps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisc 1\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of the City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1944, 31 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrief City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1952, 20 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesign for Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1965, 15 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVoyage North\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1965, 22 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLonely Water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1973, 2 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrive Carefully, Darling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1975, 17 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eApaches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1977, 27 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBuilding Sites Bite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1978, 29 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eInsight: Zandra Rhodes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1981, 15 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisc 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYour Children and You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1946, 29 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWaverley Steps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1948, 31 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCharley's March of Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1948, 9 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat a Life!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1948, 12 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnother Case of Poisoning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1949, 14 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRiding on Air\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1959, 16 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmoking and You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1963, 11 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Poet's Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1964, 20 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOpus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1967, 29 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNever Go With Strangers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1971, 18 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial features\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA selection of Public Information Fillers (PIFs) including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGrain Drain, Searching, Tornado Trailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAIDS: Iceberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which was directed by Nic Roeg and features music by Brian Eno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Booklet featuring a new introduction by John Hall (Director, Films Division 1982-1989), a new essay on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmoking and You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Scott Anthony and previously published essays on all the other included films\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default 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