This account of the film making operation of the Central Office of Information(COI) from 1946 to 2012 has drawn on a number of sources including official institutions and the personal memories of people who worked for it.
 
Official Institutions
 
National Archives (NA) as the repository of the paper records of the COI Film Division.
 
National Film Archive (NFA) of the British Film Institute as the repository of the films and film materials produced by COI Film Division
 
British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC)

Publications
 
Publication: Central Office of Information, The by Sir Thomas Fife Clark Director General 1954 to 1971
 
Publication: “Projecting Britain” 2008 British Universities Film and Video Council. (BUFVC)
 
Publication: John Grierson a Documentary Biography by Forsyth Hardy (1979)
 
Publication: Shadows of Progress, Documentary Film In Post-War Britain edited by Patrick Russell & James Piers Taylor(2010
 
Publication: A New History of British Documentary by James Chapman (2015)
 
Sterling University papers of John Grierson COI Controller Films 1948 to 1950
 
 
Personal memories and/or correspondence with
 
Adam Leys Producer Overseas Television Services , 1965 to 1970 Head of Overseas Television Production to mid 1970s then Head of Overseas and Home Distribution. Retired 1991.
 
Janice Kay 1965 Television Director Overseas Television Services to 1970. Producer/writer for Overseas Television Services late 1970s. Producer Home Film Production to 1993
 
Ian Morrison 1965 writer/reporter/director for the Overseas Television Services until mid 1970s. Formed own production company and made many more films for COI.
 
Richard Smith Producer/writer 1983 to 1985 made a variety of Home documentary films and television fillers. Later formed own production company.
 
Robin Duval Producer/ writer Overseas Television Services 1968 to 1974. Head of Home film Production 1974 to 1980. Transferred to Home Office returns to COI 1983 as Head of Home Film Production until 1985 when he joined the Independent Television Authority.
 
Jenny Lucas 1965 to 1978 prolific researcher/writer for the Overseas Television services
 
Jenny Ranson joined Overseas Television Service as a props buyer. Became a researcher/writer, later a Producer and then Executive Producer. In 1990 transferred to the Foreign Office as Head of Television and Radio in the Information Department.
 
John Ross 1985 to 1988 and 1990 to 2010 Producer of Television Fillers.
 
Andrew Lane Fox joined COI in 2004 as Deputy Head of Television, became Head of Content in 2010 until closure of COI in 2012.
 
John Hall Producer/Director 1960 to 1967, Head of Overseas Production 1968 to1971, Head of Home Production 1972 to 1978, Deputy Director Film Division 1979 to 1982, Director Film Division 1983 to 1989.