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A portly (and naked) Richard Massingham instructs wartime Britain in the importance of water economy. From the maker/star of ‘Handkerchief Drill’ (1949), which was seen across the UK accompanying the release of ‘The History Boys’. Massingham was a self-taught filmmaker, but rapidly became one of the most distinctive voices of WWII. Looking like a bedraggled […]
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MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line NEWS FROM THE MNR :- MNR is pleased to announce that Class 37 locomotive No. 37219, named “Shirley Ann Smith“, is diagrammed to take a full role in the Mixed Traffic Gala to be held on the MNR, between Friday 18th and Sunday 20th February. Other […]
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(The only surviving materials of this title feature German intertitles). Mud has defeated many a conquering army. In the days of horse-drawn transport or ponderous and hugely heavy steam-powered engines, R. Hornsby and Sons nippy little petrol-driven caterpillar track must have seemed like the technological development of the century. In this promotional film, shot in […]
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MNR MIXED TRAFFIC GALA 18th to 20th February 2011 A two train service will be in operation using the new Thuxton passing loop. The intention is to provide a mixture of passenger and freight trains. The timetable [see website] shows 4 or 5 [Saturday] “All Stations” stopping passenger trains ex Dereham where photographers can dismount, […]
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Business Editorials / Then & Now / Waveney Valley February 9, 2011
Your Region on Film DVDs The Home Front – East Anglia at War East Anglia is at war: evacuees have flooded in from the cities. The Home Guard patrols the countryside; the Land Army work the fields. Blackouts, air raids, gasmasks and rationing have become part of everyday life. Using dramatic, rare film, discover how […]
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Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. Norwich, Pull’s Ferry and Watergate 1890 Bars4U licensed bar services
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This witty short proffers futuristic visions of London landmarks by way of a ‘magic’ camera. But while its gleeful inventor turns out to be an escapee from the local asylum, French director Gaston Quiribet may not have been entirely barking up the wrong tree with one of his trick shots – which imagines Trafalgar Square […]
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The Valentine’s card, 1920s-style. Two British actresses put lips to paper in a demonstration of the so-called “Kiss Valentine”, leaving a lipstick imprint of the loving smooch in favour of a more traditional card. Evelyn Laye, then a major star of operettas, would enjoy a long and successful career, earning an OBE in 1973 and […]
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Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. Norwich, Old Cow Tower and the River Wensum 1891
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‘A Kiss in the Tunnel’ is available to buy as part of the BFI DVD ‘Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers’ – filmstore.bfi.org.uk This story derives from a popular magic lantern slide show and shows a couple in a railway carriage, going into a dark, Freudian tunnel, taking the opportunity to steal a kiss. As the […]
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Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. Beccles, Blyburgate c1955 Monarch Catering Services, Norfolk, Suffolk
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How did people keep up-to-date with what was happening at home and abroad before the advent of the internet and 24-hour news? Aside from newspapers, it was the newsreels that provided the British public with a unique window on to the world. From royalty to revolutions, war to weather, and holidays to horseracing, the newsreels […]
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Business Editorials / Then & Now / Waveney Valley January 19, 2011
Your Region on Film DVDs Norfolk Past – The County our Parents Knew Norfolk, 1903: there are horses, trams and gas lamps, the toilet is a bucket and there is no central heating or running water. Within half a century, Norfolk will be changed beyond recognition. Step back in time and discover how people in […]
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The Truth Behind ‘I Walked by Night’ By Peter Hodges and Charlotte Paton, DVD approx 60 minutes. In her book ‘The King of the Norfolk Poachers’ Charlotte Paton described the results of her search for Frederick Rolfe’s real life, comparing it with the account in ‘I Walked by Night’ edited by Lilias Rider Haggard. In […]
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A reminder of a legendary cricketing victory by England over Australia as they regained the Ashes for the first time since 1912 after drawing four successive tests and winning the fifth by 289 runs. This Topical Budget newsreel, originally released on 19th August 1926, shows selected highlights of that fifth test at the Oval. Featured […]
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MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line PROGRAMME OF SPECIAL EVENTS FOR 2011 Click here for a web page listing our extensive programme. This year sees at least another 3 “FIRSTS”! :- * The visit of the ex-GWR locomotive King Edward II during June&July. * Running KE II in parallel with 0-6-0 Pannier […]