News Footage of Horizon
Footage shot by Associated Television for a news piece about the opening of the Horizon factory at the start of 1972.<br /><br />The opening shot shows the new factory in the snow, whilst subsequent shots show workers and machinery in the primary and secondary departments.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/173923825" frameborder="0" width="640" height="480"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/173923825">[ATV Today. 31.01.1972. New John Player Cigarette Factory at Nottingham]</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/macearchive">MACE Archive</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
ATV
31 January 1972
Project Horizon Film
In 1969, John Player & Sons looked to have a film made about their new Horizon factory, which was then being built. As the company put it, the film would function 'to encourage employees to look objectively and favourably on the Horizon operation in total and to encourage a closer involvement of the immediate community in the whole project'. Player's commissioned Derek Stewart Productions to produce the film at a cost of just under £20,000.<br /><br />The main narrators in the film are Tony Garrett, who was then chairman and managing director of Player's, and Tony Davis, who was chairman of the special managerial committee Player's set up to oversee the planning of Horizon. They talk viewers through the development and building of the factory. <br /><br />Less senior employees are also featured and the film doesn't shy away from dealing with what was then a controversial issue amongst some of Player's employees: the switch to a double day shift pattern of work. Reservations about shift work are featured in the film, but Player's wanted to give the overall impression that 'many people find Double Day Shifts attractive'.<br /><br />Employees were shown the Project Horizon film at Nottingham's Savoy cinema as part of Player's large public relations effort in support of its new factory.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/174192173" frameborder="0" width="640" height="468"></iframe>
<p>Project Horizon 16468 from <a href="https://vimeo.com/macearchive">MACE Archive</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
Derek Stewart Productions
1971
Minton Jar Produced for Horizon's Opening
A photograph of a Minton jar made for the opening of John Player & Sons' Horizon factory. Specially designed and made for the occasion by the Royal Doulton Tableware Group. Each employee received one on the opening of Horizon in November 1972.
The jar is white with the Horizon symbol repeated in gold around the rim of the jar.
Tony Lowe
1972
Horizon Special Issue of Player's Post
Player's Post, the staff newspaper of John Player & Sons, ran a special issue in April 1969 in which the company unveiled plans for the new Horizon factory to be built in the Lenton area of Nottingham. The issue revealed the facilities the new factory would offer workers, the company's plan for double-day shift work, and gives an insight into how the factory was designed.
24 April 1969
Photograph of Primary Control Room
Photograph of Tony Wardle's desk in the primary control room within the Horizon factory.
Tony Wardle
September 1985
Photograph of Primary Control Room
Two men at work in the primary control room at the Horizon factory.
Tony Wardle
September 1985
Photograph of the Primary Control Room
A photograph of Colin Fossey and Tom in the Primary Control Room at the Horizon factory.
Tony Wardle
September 1985
Photograph of Marketing and General Sales Unit
A female worker is surrounded by picture cards which are being sent out to customers who are collecting sets. The reverse of the photograph identifies her as Joan Booth.
P2252
1987
Photograph of Distribution
Photograph showing Superkings and Embassy lorries outside the Horizon factory depot.
P2225
1990-1995
Photograph of Print Room
Three workers standing and doing printing work on individual machines at Horizon. A lady can be seen at her desk, in the background. Notes on the back of the photograph name them as (from left to right) Jason Price, Jack Eaton, Tresa Bates and Lesley Pidgeon.
P2756
1986