The North East Film Archive is one of a network of regional film archives established to collect, preserve and show film made in, or about the North East of England. Our collections are non-fiction, and date from the early 1900s to the present day, providing a rich record of life in the region over the 20th century. Many of our films are available to watch, free of charge, on our website.
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S.L.O.G.G. Send the Lorries out of Gosforth & Gateshead
Caught within the obscure workings of various bureaucracies, locals of Gosforth and Gateshead campaign against relentless heavy traffic through their town centres.
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A case of startling bureaucratic failings as a new tunnel under the River Tyne gets ignored by lorry drivers for a quicker, easier and cheaper route through the town centres it was meant to by-pass. Those who have to live with the incessant heavy traffic give vent to their incredulity and anger at the incompetence of those responsible for traffic management.
This is the filmed element of an edition of the Tyne Tees Television programme 'Access', which would involve a discussion of the film. Access was one of the first television programmes, in 1973, to give an opportunity to local people to make their own films, with professional help. The Head of the Tyne Tees Features Department, Leslie Barrett, said in 1973: The feeling is growing in Britain that the ordinary citizen should have more and easier access to the mass media.
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