Electric edwardians: the films of mitchell & kenyon

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  • 5035673006214
Subject(s): Summary: Further archive footage, recently discovered, shot by the Edwardian documentary film-makers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon. Selected from a total of 28 hours of material, this compilation is grouped into five sections: 'Youth and Education'; 'The Anglo-Boer War'; 'Workers'; 'High Days and Holidays' and 'People and Places'. It includes footage of ordinary people going about their everyday business, from the factory gates to football matches, and is set to a specially commisioned score by the Shieffield-based duo In the Nursery. Extras (with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles throughout) include: Filmed interview and optional voiceover commentary by Dr Vanessa Toulmin of the National Fairground Archive, voiceover introduction written by distinguished film historian Tom Gunning and read by actor Paul McGann, 'Featurette' on the restoration work by the BFI National Film and Television Archive. Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Bonus footage, Interviews Vanessa Toulmin (archivist), Commentary (Vanessa Toulmin (archivist), Other documentaries (Introduction by film historian Tom Gunning, read by Paul McGann, the restoration work), Booklet.
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Further archive footage, recently discovered, shot by the Edwardian documentary film-makers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon. Selected from a total of 28 hours of material, this compilation is grouped into five sections: 'Youth and Education'; 'The Anglo-Boer War'; 'Workers'; 'High Days and Holidays' and 'People and Places'. It includes footage of ordinary people going about their everyday business, from the factory gates to football matches, and is set to a specially commisioned score by the Shieffield-based duo In the Nursery. Extras (with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles throughout) include: Filmed interview and optional voiceover commentary by Dr Vanessa Toulmin of the National Fairground Archive, voiceover introduction written by distinguished film historian Tom Gunning and read by actor Paul McGann, 'Featurette' on the restoration work by the BFI National Film and Television Archive. Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Bonus footage, Interviews Vanessa Toulmin (archivist), Commentary (Vanessa Toulmin (archivist), Other documentaries (Introduction by film historian Tom Gunning, read by Paul McGann, the restoration work), Booklet.

Further archive footage, recently discovered, shot by the Edwardian documentary film-makers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon. Selected from a total of 28 hours of material, this compilation is grouped into five sections: 'Youth and Education'; 'The Anglo-Boer War'; 'Workers'; 'High Days and Holidays' and 'People and Places'. It includes footage of ordinary people going about their everyday business, from the factory gates to football matches, and is set to a specially commisioned score by the Shieffield-based duo In the Nursery. Extras (with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles throughout) include: Filmed interview and optional voiceover commentary by Dr Vanessa Toulmin of the National Fairground Archive, voiceover introduction written by distinguished film historian Tom Gunning and read by actor Paul McGann, 'Featurette' on the restoration work by the BFI National Film and Television Archive. Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Bonus footage, Interviews Vanessa Toulmin (archivist), Commentary (Vanessa Toulmin (archivist), Other documentaries (Introduction by film historian Tom Gunning, read by Paul McGann, the restoration work), Booklet.