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File containing material relating to a visit to the northern/Manchester office by Alan Rusbridger and Georgina Henry shortly after their appointment as editor and deputy editor of the Guardian respectively.

The file comprises memorandum and correspondence relating to the arrangements for the day.

The file also contains a 'who's who' summary about staff in the Manchester office prepared by Martin Wainwright, February 1995. Staff mentioned include David Ward, Denis Thorpe, Don McPhee, Tom Sharatt, Martyn Halsall, Robin Thornber, Clive Woodcock, David Irvine, Cynthia Bateman, Steve Bierley, Paul Fitzpatrick, Shirley Meehan and Rachel Howarth. It also mentions a range of other Manchester based employees working in advertising, HR, circulation and Manchester Evening News.

Key correspondents include Alan Rusbridger and Georgina Henry.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Promotional film, with sound, for the Guardian presented by broadcaster Emma Freud featuring vox pops with members of the public and interviews with the Guardian's editorial staff.

a) The video includes vox pops with members of the public about the Guardian newspaper and interviews conducted by Jools Holland with Peter Preston (Editor), Paul Johnson (News Editor), Alex Brummer (Financial Editor), Eamonn McCabe (Picture Editor), Mike Averis (Sports Editor), Alan Rusbridger (Features Editor) and Derek Malcolm (Film Critic).

Contains footage of: people being interviewed on the streets [of London]; interior and exterior footage of the Guardian offices at 119 Farringdon Road; staff being interviewed; historic footage of newspaper production at the Guardian's Cross Street offices; the city of London and photographs taken for the Guardian.

Topics covered include: why people read the Guardian; the establishment of the Scott Trust; the independence of the newspaper; the political stance of the newspaper; readers of the Guardian; the newspaper's international approach to covering financial news; how the newspaper selects its pictures; the award winning sports writing team; the introduction of classified advertising sections; the nature of features in the newspaper and Derek Malcolm's approach to writing film reviews.

Duration: 13 minutes and 40 seconds. The film starts at 00.22 on the mov file.

b) duplicate of a). Duration: 13 minutes and 40 seconds. The film starts at 00.34 on the mov file.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Portraits that appeared alongside articles of Guardian writers. Includes Peter Preston, Joan Bakewell, Peter Hennessy, Hugo Young, Will Hutton, Michael Billington, Paul Foot, Tom Nairn, Sara Maitland, Barbara Trapido, Martin Woollacott, Waldemar Januszczak, Vic Keegan and Alex Brummer. Also 3 portraits of personalities profiled by the Guardian.
Creator: DS/UK/122