Building the Industrial Revolution

Synopsis

The industrial architecture of the East Midlands. Discusses the functional demands that shaped the first factories and follows the development of industrial architecture from the cotton mills and industrial housing of the late 18th century to the lace and boot factories of the mid-to-late 19th century, mentioning the social and economic changes which they brought.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Year of production

1975

Availability

Sale

Uses

Extra-mural courses in introductory history/industrial archaeology.*

Subjects

Architecture

Keywords

architectural design; industrial archaeology

Credits

Director

Mick Gold

Contributor

Christopher Charlton; Gordon Redfern; John Humpson

Cast

John Hobson

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council of Great Britain

Phone

020 7973 6455

Fax

020 7973 6581

Address

London
SW1P 3NG

Name

Royal Institute of British Architects (East Midlands Region)

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.