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A jovial crowd of Edwardian workers head home at dinner time in the Cheshire town.
Non-Fiction 1902 2 mins Silent
The two separate exits for office staff, many in bowler hats, and flat-capped shopfloor workers in this Warrington factory reflect the rigid class divisions in Edwardian Britain. A group of showmen can be glimpsed choreographing the action in the shadows on the right of the arch. Hilarity spills through the crowd when an older worker is carried through the gates by two colleagues.
Wire manufacture was a dominant industry in Warrington, Cheshire, and was preserved in the nickname of local rugby league team Warrington Wanderers - The Wire.
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: St Helens
Weary glassmakers head home after morning shift.
Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Silent Location: Blackburn
Dinner time at a textile mill in Victorian Lancashire.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: Blackburn
Cheery child workers, averaging around 10 years old, leave the cotton mill after a shift.
Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Silent Location: Blackburn
Lancashire cotton workers hurry to lunch after morning shift.
Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Silent Location: Blackburn
Male and female millworkers - young and old - spill out after their shift.
Documentary 1981 15 mins Location: Warrington
Cheers! A toast to Greenall Whitley - today known as G&J Distillers - a North West company with a long history of distilling excellence.
Documentary 1936 24 mins Location: Euston Sta
The flagship of the GPO Film Unit's output and a cornerstone of British documentary, featuring music by Benjamin Britten and the verse of W.H. Auden.
Non-Fiction 1902 12 mins Silent Location: Warrington
Fine outfits on display in a Christian procession through Warrington's Bank Park.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: Warrington
Home time for grateful workers in a Cheshire factory.
Non-Fiction 1902 2 mins Silent Location: Warrington
Edwardian Churchgoers crowd around the gates to St Elphin's after Sunday morning service.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent Location: Warrington
Match action and scenes of an Edwardian rugby crowd at Warrington's Wilderspool stadium.
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1933 2 mins
Hand-drawn sound experiment by Bauhaus professor László Moholy-Nagy.
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
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