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An evocation of a city on the eve of massive change. The streets aroundthe Broomielaw, the hustle and bustle of the docks set against a background of traditional songs and observations on life along the...
The people’s protests against Glasgow Corporation’s proposal to sell of council housing stock on the Merrylee estate.
Shows the alcoholics of New York’s Bowery district and society’s contempt for them.
Shown in the first ‘Free Cinema’ programme, shows director Lindsay Anderson’s distaste for the noisy vulgarity of Margate’s Dreamland funfair. A critique is mounted through a careful montage of...
A study of a traditional industrial community seen through the columns of its local newspaper.
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the British Transport Films in 2019, the BFI is releasing a 2-disc Blu-ray set that gathers together 21 films representing the cream of the celebrated BTF...
The last film directed by Humphrey Jennings and made for the Festival of Britain in 1951, the film shows the British in everyday life, in the arts and in the sciences. Surveys the achievements of...
A short film about the problems faced by a rural community and the increasing role for the railway. Highlights the growing dependence on the outside world for provisional and goods.
Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. This DVD comprises a collection of her films of social issues of the day. HIGHLAND DOCTOR (1943) This...
A slightly tongue-in-cheedk comedy on the theme of thrift, which was made for the Scottish Post Office Savings Bank. It is divided into an introduction and five short episodes, the most ambitious of which...
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