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Edwardian textile workers leave a Dundee mill.
Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Silent
By 1901, over 70% of Dundee's jute industry workforce was women. In this film, though, they appear to be in the minority, while the bulk of the workers on display are children. The adults largely ignore the camera, or just glance at it, but the children are overjoyed at its presence, moving back and forth in front of it and laughing. Some even climb a column in the background for a better view.
The jute works was built on the Dens Burn stream in Dundee in 1822 by father and son William and Edward Baxter. It was originally a flax mill, eventually moving over to jute as that material grew increasingly important to the economy of the city. The firm became part of a larger conglomerate in 1924, but continued to operate until finally closing in 1978.
Non-Fiction 1900 3 mins Silent Location: Chorley
Lancashire cotton-workers pile out through the mill gates at dinner time.
Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Silent Location: Leyland
Another shift ends in Victorian Lancashire, while children play in the street.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: Nelson
Lively Lancashire millworkers, including young boys and girls, at the mill gates.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent
Where was this Edwardian paper works?
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: St Helens
Weary glassmakers head home after morning shift.
Non-Fiction 1901 4 mins Silent Location: Birmingham
A rich impression of a vibrant Midlands works, in an unusually elaborate 'factory gate' film.
Non-Fiction 1931 1 mins Silent Location: Dundee
Lady Godiva makes an appearance at Dundee students' rag stunt - to raise money for hospitals - in this newsreel item
Non-Fiction 1918 15 mins Silent Location: Glasgow
The 'Tank Bank' tours through Scotland, selling War Bonds, raising money for the war effort and boosting morale
School programme and Educational film 1956 13 mins Silent Location: Ben Lui/Beinn Laoigh
Go on a colourful journey of discovery to learn about farming, fishing, transport and other industries of the era around Perth and Dundee, in this sweet 1950s educational film.
Amateur film 1949 25 mins Silent Location: Ben Nevis
Join four clean-cut intrepid youngsters on an awfully big 1940s adventure as they sing and cycle their way around the youth hostels of scenic Scotland in glorious colour. Tally ho!
Non-Fiction 1901 mins Silent Location: Dundee
Two horse-drawn fire engines gallop past the camera.
Non-Fiction 1901 3 mins Silent Location: Dundee
Employees race out of a Jute works in Edwardian Dundee.
Advert 1974 1 mins Location: Shaftesbury
A classic slice of British advertising history, though that hill's not as Northern as it looks...
Non-Fiction 1901 3 mins Silent Location: Rotherham
Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: Great Moor St, Bolton
Eager youngsters burst out of the gates of a Victorian cotton mill.
Sport 1901 1 mins Silent Location: Henley-on-Thames
It's the first weekend of July 1901, and high society are on the Thames
Advert 1898 1 mins Silent Location: St Pancras
An unusual farewell in this charming early film
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins
The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed by a famous magician
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