HC Deb 17 March 1955 vol 538 c1456
58. Mr. Swingler

asked the Secretary of State for War why cinemas owned by the Army Kinema Corporation are not subject to British quota regulations; what instructions he has issued to the corporation about the exhibition of British films; and what proportion of the films shown by the Corporation in the latest year for which figures are available was British.

The Under-Secretary of State for War (Mr. Fitzroy Maclean)

The Army Kinema Corporation is a non-profit making concern which does not carry on the business of exhibiting films to the public. It is not, therefore, subject to the British quota regulations. Nevertheless, at least 40 per cent. of the films shown at home and abroad by the Corporation during the last two years have been British. This proportion is well in excess of the quota applied to exhibitors in the United Kingdom.