Roll out the Barrel: The British Pub on Film
- Synopsis
- An eclectic mix of dramas, trade films, documentaries and newsreels, showing the changing face of the British pub from 1944 to 1982, exploring its role as a locus for community gathering, the exchange of opinion, relaxing, game-playing and, naturally, drinking, adding up to a kind of social and cultural history of British society, seen through the bottom of a pint glass. Amongst the films are Richard Massingham’s wartime film Down at the Local, German filmmaker Peter Nestler’s view of a Sheffield working man’s club in 1965, and the humorous trade film Henry Cleans Up with Monty Python members Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Subjects
- Social Studies
- Keywords
- industrial films; social history; working classes; public houses; brewing industry
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 PAL
- Price
- £15.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 321 minutes
- Year
- 2012
Sections
- Title
- Story of English Inns, The
- Title
- Down at the Local
- Title
- Inn That Crossed the Sea, The
- Title
- Tramps’ Ball
- Title
- Beer and Skittles
- Title
- Old Pheasant, The
- Title
- Friendly Inn, The
- Title
- Mining Review, 16th Year, No. 5
- Title
- Lucy’s Table
- Title
- All in Good Time
- Title
- Working Men’s Club in Sheffield
- Title
- Ship Hotel - Tyne Main, The
- Title
- Under the Table You Must Go
- Title
- Guinness For You
- Title
- Round of Bass, A
- Title
- Henry Cleans Up
- Title
- What’ll You Have
- Title
- New Pubs For Old (Australasia)
- Title
- New Pubs For Old (Africa)
- Title
- Local Life
Distributor
- Name
BFI Filmstore
- filmstore@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7815 1350
- Address
- Belvedere Road
South Bank
London
SE1 8XT - Notes
- The British Film Institute releases its own productions on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as a variety of film and television materials made by European, American and Japanese companies. All BFI-published titles are available through the usual retail and mail order outlets, as well as via the Filmstore website. The Filmstore shop at BFI Southbank stocks many additional titles, as well as film books, magazines, etc.
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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