Learning on ScreenSaving of Bill Blewitt, The
- Synopsis
- A fiction film, made in the documentary style, about two fishermen whose boat is wrecked but who manage to save up enough to buy another. Harry Watt has described how he was told to make a film about saving, which was anathema to him, and liking fishing, set off to find a fishing village. When he eventually arrived in Mousehole it was raining; ‘I go into the pub, and there’s one man in the pub at the bar. So I say, Have a drink and he has a drink. He asks me to have drink, and we’re drinking double rums. By lunchtime I’m stewed, and he’s stewed. We’re absolutely paralytic. I stand up and say, Well, I must find the postmaster. He says, I am the postmaster’. And this was Bill Blewitt, one of the the greatest characters in British films. Music by Benjamin Britten.
- Series
- Britain in the Thirties. Vol 2
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 25 min.
- Year of production
- 1937
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- See: BRITAIN IN THE THIRTIES VOL 2 for availability on compilation videocassette.
- Subjects
- History; Sociology
- Keywords
- fishing communities
Credits
- Director
- Harry Watt
- Producer
- Alberto Cavalcanti
- Contributor
- Benjamin Britten; Frank H ‘Jonah’ Jones; S Onions
Production Company
- Name
GPO Film Unit
Distributor
- Name
Post Office Film & Video Library
- poes@edist.co.uk
- Phone
- 01795 426465
- Fax
- 01795 474871
- Address
- c/o Post Office Education Services
PO Box 145
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 1NH - Notes
- Contact: Barry Wiles
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