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Broad Acres
York, Harrogate, and Whitby are the essential stops-offs in this picturesque travel companion
Overview
Is that Stonegate in York, without a tourist in sight? Designed to show off the 'old world' qualities of Yorkshire, this educational film might itself seem pleasantly antiquated to a modern viewer. Among the scenic highlights of the tour are a bustling view of Leeds, with its long-closed tram network, and Britain's oldest chemist's shop in Knaresborough, which sadly also no longer trades.
Postwar travelogues like these aimed to cheer Britain up again, not to mention generate traffic in its key holiday spots. Here, the narration looks to demonstrate how turbulent events help to shape a place. Showing the viewer Barnard Castle, the film seems to suggest that some great monuments came about by violence and conflict - but that this country is now all the richer for that history.
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