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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
READ MOREArts 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
READ MORESnow 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
READ MORESecrets 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
READ MOREThis 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
READ MOREUnseen 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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READ MOREIllustrated 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
READ MOREVeteran 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
READ MOREAfter 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
READ MOREThis 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
READ MOREMade 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
READ MOREDespite 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
READ MOREthis 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
READ MORE“post early for Christmas”
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BFI film archives / movies / Then & Now / youtube November 15, 2012
READ MOREThis is one of Massingham’s most famous public information films (in which he often starred)
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READ MOREBritain’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
READ MOREThis extract captures the post-Halloween rituals of 5 November – Guy Fawkes Night – including the once familiar call of “penny for the Guy”.
