Learning on ScreenPeople of Bacup, Manchester
- Synopsis
- The aim was to record certain leisure activities of the working people of Bacup, Lancashire, with a view to demonstrating how these are changing as the mills close down and other forms of economic life take over. Shows the men’s Natural History Society and the women’s Wednesday Darts Night. There are scenes of work in Sutton’s shoe factory and shots of Bacup itself. Also shows textile manufacture. This project was part of a 12-month period of anthropological fieldwork.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; 3 videocassettes. VHS. col. 221 (includes initial blank 40 mins for tape 1 if it materialises), 217, 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1988
- Availability
- Preview
- Documentation
- No Shot List
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- Lancashire; local history
Sections
- Title
- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 1
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 2
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 3
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 4
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 5
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 6
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 7
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 8
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 9
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 10
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 11
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 12
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 13
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 14
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- People of Bacup, Manchester. Tape 15
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
British Video History Trust
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1500
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- c/o BUFVC, 77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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