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A great surge of workers pushes through the gates of a Lancashire mill.
Non-Fiction 1902 1 mins Silent
The filmmakers, or their showmen colleagues, clearly persuaded the first wave of workers coming through the gates of the White Cross Mills to make their exit at a run. It certainly looks impressive, though the rest, all men and boys, are calmer. The Storey brothers had began producing oil cloth and baize at the mill when the bottom fell out of the cotton market in the mid-19th century.
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 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.
Non-Fiction 1902 2 mins Silent Location: Warrington
A jovial crowd of Edwardian workers head home at dinner time in the Cheshire town.
Home movie 1950 9 mins Silent Location: Lancaster
Congratulations to the happy couple! A lovely record of a special day in Lancaster.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent Location: Lancaster
Lancastrian workers spill out of a huge textile factory.
Non-Fiction 1902 3 mins Silent Location: Lancaster
Some nifty product placement creeps in to this formal portrait of the Lancaster Volunteers.
Non-Fiction 1902 mins Silent Location: Lancaster
Mitchell & Kenyon capture the 'lighter' side of Lancastrian officialdom.
Non-Fiction 1902 2 mins Silent Location: Lancaster
Workers at a Lancaster linoleum factory leave and the gate is firmly shut behind them.
Advert 1985 2 mins
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Promotional 2019 10 mins
A wandering warrior dreams of a new form of expression, in this promo for UNKLE’s album The Road: Part II / Lost Highway Pt. II directed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.
1935 16 mins
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.
Advert 1946 1 mins Silent
Life is looking up! The war is over and the “Corona” Man can visit his “Corona” families once more, door-to-door.
Advert 1962 0 mins Location: Rhyl
Cinema advertisement for Marine Lake & Ocean Beach, Rhyl, a popular destination for crowds set on a day's fun on free rides.
Advert 1942 7 mins Silent Location: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Who could deny these advertising claims: "Attractive hair is the ambition of every woman", and "Your family will enjoy Lincoln potatoes"?
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