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>September Events / Art & Theatre / BFI film archives / charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / movies / Then & Now / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk October 7, 2016
Arts and community development charity Creative Arts East is inviting audiences across the county to climb aboard for a nostalgic outing to our region’s rural and social past and celebrate our Rural Life on film.
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BFI film archives / movies / Then & Now / youtube January 3, 2016
Snow c1963 – BFI YouTube archive – Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are counterpointed with passengers’ buffet-car comforts.
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BFI film archives / movies / the coast / Then & Now / Wildlife / youtube December 2, 2015
Secrets of Nature. Winter 1923. Dramatic compositions of barren trees against fields, luminous footage of a glistening web, a superb ploughing sequence
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BFI film archives / movies / Then & Now / youtube June 10, 2013
This early British short is a simple but frantic farce which sees Percy entering a female beauty contest in order to win the prize of £100
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BFI film archives / farming / movies / Then & Now / youtube May 3, 2013
Unseen for years due to the fragility of the materials, ‘Springtime in an English Village’ offers an extraordinary and unexpected snapshot of rural life in wartime
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Illustrated with thought-provoking extracts from Ealing’s 1947 feature It Always Rains on Sunday, newly remastered…
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BFI film archives / movies / Then & Now / youtube March 1, 2013
Veteran filmmaker Lewis Gilbert (Alfie, Educating Rita) made his directorial debut with this quirky documentary
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BFI film archives / movies / Then & Now / youtube December 31, 2012
After some pretty shots of semi-frozen streams and snow-covered fields, the most awe-inspiring scenes show the enormous icicles
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BFI film archives / Christmas / movies / Then & Now / youtube December 9, 2012
This Christmas greeting, shown in cinemas in 1946, boasts a charming animated sequence in which toys come alive as children slumber
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BFI film archives / movies / Then & Now / youtube December 4, 2012
Made in 1898, G.A. Smith’s ‘Santa Claus’ is a film of considerable technical ambition and accomplishment for its period
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BFI film archives / Christmas / movies / Then & Now / youtube December 3, 2012
Despite the Blitz, it’s ‘business as usual’ as England prepares for Christmas in this propaganda film intended for US audiences
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BFI film archives / Christmas / movies / Then & Now / youtube December 1, 2012
this appealing short suddenly switches tone, as a festive family prances around a Christmas tree and pulls a gigantic cracker
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BFI film archives / Christmas / movies / Then & Now / youtube December 1, 2012
“post early for Christmas”
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BFI film archives / movies / Then & Now / youtube November 15, 2012
This is one of Massingham’s most famous public information films (in which he often starred)
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Britain’s transition from an island ill-prepared to a triumphant allied force is vividly recounted in ‘Young Veteran’
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BFI film archives / Fireworks / Halloween / Then & Now October 25, 2012
This extract captures the post-Halloween rituals of 5 November – Guy Fawkes Night – including the once familiar call of “penny for the Guy”.