Established in april 1946, the central office of information coi was the 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 names passed through 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 chariots of fire and peter greenaway the draughtsman's contract this 2 disc blu ray collection brings together many of the coi's most loved and in some cases feared productions including design for today, apaches, lonely water and charley's march of time. Also included are two previously unreleased coi classics, smoking and you and waverley steps.extras episodesdisc 1children of the city 1944, 31 minsbrief city 1952, 20 minsdesign for today 1965, 15 minsvoyage north 1965, 22 minslonely water 1973, 2 minsdrive carefully darling 1975, 17 minsapaches 1977, 27 minsbuilding sites bite 1978, 29 minsinsight zandra rhodes 1981, 15 minsdisc 2your children and you 1946, 29 minswaverley steps 1948, 31 minscharley's march of time 1948, 9 minswhat a life! 1948, 12 minsanother case of poisoning 1949, 14 minsriding on air 1959, 16 minssmoking and you 1963, 11 minsthe poet's eye 1964, 20 minsopus 1967, 29 minsnever go with strangers 1971, 18 minsextrasa selection of public information fillers pifs including grain drain, searching, tornado trailer, and aids iceberg which was directed by nic roeg and features music by brian eno first pressing only booklet featuring a new introduction by john hall director, films division 1982 1989, a new essay on smoking and you by scott anthony and previously published essays on all the other included films.