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Promotional film for the Observer featuring interviews with staff. Possibly aimed at potential advertisers.

Contains footage of the interior of the Observer offices at Farringdon Road and staff at work.

Features interviews with the following staff: William Hutton (editor); Jocelyn Targett (deputy editor - features); Lynn Barber (jounalist); Tim Adams (editor - The Review); Barbara Ellen (columnist); Justine Picardie (editor - Life); Euan Ferguson (editor - Comment); Ben Laurance (business editor); and William Leith (contributor).

Topics covered in the interviews include: writing for the newspaper; reviews; music writing; the importance of lifestyle features; the relationship between advertising and editorial; political writing and the satirical Cherie Blair column; the Observer audience; strengths of the Observer; producing the paper; and the reading experience.

Duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds. Starts at 10 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited
Creator: Shelton Fleming Associates Ltd

Files of prints, negatives and transparencies covering the following Observer staff:

Michael Eboda by Tony Olmo[s]: 14 November 1997. 1 set of negatives and contact print.
Barbara Ellen: nd. 2 prints, 4 sets of negatives and contact prints.
Barbara Ellen by Jill Mead: 21 October 1996. 2 sets of negatives and contact prints.
Barbara Ellen: nd. 4 prints
Alice Thomas Ellis: nd. 1 print.
Gavin Evans by Jane Bown: nd. 1 set of negatives and contact print.
Danny Everitt. 1 set of negatives and contact print.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library