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Watershed - Bristol

Bristol Watershed’s cinema curator, Mark Cosgrove, takes a very personal journey through two cities that have shaped his life: Bristol and Glasgow. A compelling mix of archive footage and fictional worlds, oddly familiar but also alien.
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Crystal Clear Crystal Clear

Industry sponsored film 1959 18 mins Location: Sunderland

A cheery public relations film, laced with English romanticism, illustrates the long journey of local water from scenic Burnhope Reservoir to a Sunderland tap.

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Glasgow Gets to Work Glasgow Gets to Work

Amateur film 1935 12 mins Silent Location: Glasgow

Hold on tight for a joyous ride around 1935 Glasgow's bustling road, rail and river transport network in this Scottish educational film.

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City of Glasgow City of Glasgow

Government sponsored film 1950 4 mins Location: Glasgow

Experience Glasgow as you’ve never seen it before, in this wonderful early 1950s sponsored road safety film with bustling city streets, vintage cars and a startling warning.

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Bristol Fashion Bristol Fashion

Party political broadcast 1959 25 mins Location: Bristol

The Labour Party takes a heartfelt look at Bristol council’s social(ist) housing and education agenda, spinning a 'new story from an old city'.

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Bristol, British City Bristol, British City

Documentary 1951 18 mins Location: Bristol

How a thousand years of history have helped the West Country capital to emerge from the blitz as a modern city of art and industry.

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Blitzed Cities of Bristol and Bath Blitzed Cities of Bristol and Bath

War 1942 35 mins Silent Location: Chew Magna

Vivid colour footage of the wartime devastation wreaked on Bristol and Bath - and the barely affected village of Chew Magna.

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Bristol Bristol

Cinemagazine 1920 2 mins Silent Location: Clifton

Bristol landmarks look both ancient and familiar when seen through the patina of time in this American cinemagazine.