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Demolition in Salford
Student film19685 minsSilent Location: Ordsall
Life in the wasteland - scenes from the rebuilding of a city.
Welwyn Garden City: A Kind of Travelogue
Amateur film196418 minsSilent Location: Welwyn Garden City
A moving picture-esque pamphlett. A virtual travel brochure. Showcasing England's first Garden City, with amateur filmmaker F.J. Douglas as your tour guide.
Whitby June-July 1945
Non-Fiction194510 minsSilent Location: Whitby
Despite being shot during the closing stages of the Second World War, Whitby appears full of tranquillity and peace.
Hoegate Street Baths and Wash Houses
News19684 mins Location: Plymouth
Public baths and wash houses have a long tradition of offering cleanliness in all parts of the country.
Dawdon Colliery
News19678 mins Location: Dawdon
Grit, grime and graft fathoms beneath the North Sea for coal miners at Dawdon Colliery.
Come with Me to Bridport
Travelogue195120 mins Location: Bridport
"Line, twine and netmaking" - in Dorset with Richard Dimbleby.
This Wonderful Creation
Documentary197624 mins Location: Saltaire
Back to Victorian times: a rich employer provides decent housing, a hospital, a library, a school, a boathouse, almshouses and public baths.
Catholic Children's Procession Through Middlesbrough
Amateur film19502 minsSilent Location: Middlesbrough
Whatever your faith, the annual Corpus Christi procession was an event you could hardly miss in Middlesbrough.
Madeley Before Redevelopment
Promotional19678 minsSilent Location: Madeley
Views of historic Madeley in Shropshire during the winter of 1967, as the spectre of a new town looms.
Hatfield Civic Week
Sponsored film196534 minsSilent Location: Hatfield
Dog derby and drama, Beat dancing, and Boy Scouts. New Town Hatfield becomes a hive of activity for ‘Civic Week’, a week long celebration with events programmed for young and old.
Pork Scratchings
News19775 mins Location: Bloxwich
The Black Country delicacy that's as hard to crack as the locally produced iron and steel.
A Trip to Totnes
News19705 mins Location: Totnes
The unique town of Totnes is described for viewers
Visit to North Wales
Amateur film195017 minsSilent Location: Criccieth
Let the Rev. Albert Knowles of Grindleton be your guide to the attractive and interesting places of north Wales e.g. Llanystumdwy, Harlech and Aberdaron.
Postman Plus
Documentary197014 mins Location: Penrith
It's always nice to see the friendly postman - mail deliveries and more in the Lake District.
Tamworth Traffic
Non-Fiction19788 mins Location: Tamworth
It's taking forty-five minutes to travel half a mile! The people of Tamworth want their bypass now!
Llandovery Cricket and the Claerwen Dam
Home movie19567 minsSilent Location: Llandovery/Llanymddyfri
From a cricket match in Llandovery to a love match at the Elan Valley Hotel, with shots of a dam and a hunting party thrown in.
Where on St Erth?
Sport19665 mins Location: St Erth
The villagers of St Erth put themselves on the map
Y Gwr O Gwr Yr Aran
197829 mins Location: Llanuwchllyn
Teacher Frank Letch of Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd discusses his life and living with his acquired disability in this TV documentary. In Welsh with English subtitles.
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