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Cambridge Folk Festival
Explore the history of British folk with this special collection compiled in partnership with the Cambridge Folk Festival 2021.
Drawing on its unrivalled 56 year musical heritage and combining it with the brand new, quirky, and the unsung, a unique alchemy is created each year at the legendary Cambridge Folk Festival.
One of the many reasons why the Cambridge Folk Festival is the pre-eminent event of its kind in Europe is that for decades the organisers have fearlessly programmed popular veterans alongside up-and-comers and the sort of world-music or blues acts that you'd not normally find in any folk club.
Travelling for a Living Travelling for a Living
Documentary 1966 45 mins Location: Kingston upon Hull
This "musical profile of the Watersons" is a precious document of the British folk revival, much of it shot in their hometown, Hull.
The Bardney Pop Festival The Bardney Pop Festival
News 1972 22 mins
Fly your freak flag high with this far-out film shot at the Great Western Express Festival in muddy May 1972.
The Adventures of the Son of Exploding Sausage The Adventures of the Son of Exploding Sausage
1969 13 mins
The Bonzo Dog Band freak out at the farm and strange sounds abound in this cheery, charmingly childlike stream-of-consciousness music short.
Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles
1973 7 mins
Prepare to be freaked out big time by a thoroughly theatrical 1970s psych-prog-folk-rock fairy tale from English eccentrics Jethro Tull.
Red Red? Red Red Red? Red
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1971 34 mins
Communal life is idiosyncratically portrayed through a series of theatrical happenings.
Glastonbury Festival and the First Pyramid Stage Glastonbury Festival and the First Pyramid Stage
Current affairs 1971 5 mins Location: Glastonbury
Glastonbury ley lines for iconic pyramid stage to heighten a festival-goer’s experience
Byker Song Byker Song
News 1974 2 mins Location: Byker
Two musicians lament the changes taking place as part of the Byker Estate re-development in Newcastle.
The Long Tradition The Long Tradition
Documentary 1987 50 mins Location: Wark
A Northumbrian soul: the language and history of a landscape in the music of Kathryn Tickell.
In One End In One End
Documentary 1977 28 mins Location: Southwold
Real ale and folk music in the pub – performed by Fairport Convention – are celebrated in this portrait of Southwold on the Suffolk coast and the work of the Adnams brewery.
Film: Border Weave
Border Weave Border Weave
Industry sponsored film 1942 15 mins Location: Scottish Borders
Whirring, gliding and twisting machinery produces sumptuous Scottish woollen fabrics, captured in Technicolor by legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff.