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Beautiful documentary record of the royal visit to Teesside in 1956, shot in gorgeous Kodachrome.
Documentary 1956 29 mins
This deliriously beautiful colour documentary was made to commemorate a royal visit to Teesside in 1956, when thousands of folk from towns and villages along the river - from Teesport to Stockton-on-Tees - turned out to greet the Queen. There’s precious little archive film of Stockton, so these gorgeous, glowing Kodachrome scenes of the town decked out in Union flags are all the more irresistible.
The film was shot by the Billingham Film Unit (chemical giant ICI’s in-house filmmaking section), and is a great example of the many local documentaries they produced, alongside more traditional 'industrial process' and training films, which capture the unfolding delights and dramas of life on Teesside.
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Amateur film 1965 3 mins Silent Location: Leith
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Amateur film 1953 2 mins Silent Location: Stormont
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Non-Fiction 1896 1 mins Location: Stockton-on-Tees
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Home movie 1947 5 mins Silent Location: Stockton-on-Tees
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Non-Fiction 1925 19 mins Silent Location: Darlington
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Documentary 1953 21 mins Silent Location: Stockton-on-Tees
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Non-Fiction 1910 4 mins Silent Location: Stockton-on-Tees
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Animation & Artists Moving Image 1936 8 mins
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Animation & Artists Moving Image 1936 9 mins
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Animation & Artists Moving Image 1909 4 mins
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Animation & Artists Moving Image 1940 8 mins
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Animation & Artists Moving Image 1919 10 mins Silent
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Animation & Artists Moving Image 1925 6 mins
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