BYGONES SPECIAL - SET OF 10 - DVD Ref: D023 Set of All Ten DVD's. Total Running Time: approx 16 hours 45 minutes.
HANNAH HAUXWELL: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE - DVD Ref: B188 Two DVD's features 3 Amazing Documentaries.
THE BROADS - A NORFOLK & SUFFOLK TREASURE - DVD Ref: D001 Until the 19th Century, the Broads lay undiscovered, a paradise of water & wildlife Wherry's sailed the quiet rivers, & small communities harvested reeds & hunted food. But sweeping changes would transform this area forever. Using original film, discover the fascinating story of life as it used to be on the Norfolk & Suffolk Broads.
SUFFOLK PAST - THE COUNTY OUR PARENTS KNEW - DVD Ref: D003 Suffolk,1913. Most people work on the farms. The school is in the village, the toilet is a bucket & there is no electricity or running water. Within sixty years, the County will change beyond recognition. Step back in time & see how people in Suffolk lived & worked from 1913 to the 1960s. See the past come to life, including Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Lavenham, Southwold & many more.
THE HOME FRONT - EAST ANGLIA AT WAR - DVD Ref: D004 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 & rationing have become part of everyday life. Using dramatic, rare film, discover how ordinary people in the East of England endured a war that changed their lives forever.
GI AIRMEN IN EAST ANGLIA - DVD Ref: D005 East Anglia, 1942: the US Air Force has invaded, bringing Jeeps, gum, candy & nylons. Charming & friendly, the GIs quickly become part of the local scene. For the next three years, bombers will fly from East Anglia into the enemy's heartland. Using rare, original film & interviews with veterans discover the story behind the men who risked extraordinary danger to win the peace.
FLOODS OF EAST ANGLIA: 1912-1953 - DVD Ref: D006 January 1953: the sea surges above the coast, flooding whole areas of East Anglia. It is the worst disaster in peacetime Britain Freak weather has caused havoc in East Anglia, drowning hundreds of people & sweeping away homes & livelihoods. Using rare, original film, discover the stories behind the disastrous floods, including: Norwich in 1912, Norfolk in 1938, Cambridgeshire in 1947, Suffolk, Norfolk & Essex in 1953.
NORWICH IN THE FIFTIES - DVD Ref: D007 Norwich, 1950: there are bombsites, rationing, shops on every corner, red telephone boxes & Austin Sevens. The cattle market is still held at the Castle & the ring road does not exist. Take a journey back in time & discover the story of the decade that changed Norwich forever. This documentary includes: The Festival of Britain, The Coronation, Norwich City in the semi-finals of the FA cup, a car journey through the city streets.
RAILWAYS OF EAST ANGLIA: 1900-1980'S - DVD Ref: D009 East Anglia was once criss-crossed by railways. Most villages had a station & trains carried everything from farm labourers to fruit. By the 1960s, many of these lines had vanished, killed off by competition from the car. From the days of steam through to diesels & electric locomotives, this film includes: M & G N Railway, London to Scotland Express, LNER & the Flying Scotsman, Southwold & Mid Suffolk Railways, King's Lynn to Hunstanton line, North Norfolk Railway, Electrification of Shenfield to Southend & London to Norwich.
THE NORFOLK COAST: 1920'S-1970'S - DVD Ref: D010 The Norfolk Coast, 1920: the herring fleet is out at sea. Steam trains bring crowds of tourists to the beaches. Wild & remote, the sea has provided a way of life to those who live & work beside it. Discover the story of life on the Coast as it used to be, from fishermen & tales of ghosts to poaching & floods. Using film from the East Anglian Film Archive: including, Sheringham, Yarmouth and King's Lynn.
RAILWAY TO NOWHERE - BRANCH LINE TO LAXFIELD - DVD Ref: D011 Suffolk, 1894: In rural areas left out by the railway boom, poverty is desperate. Two men plan an ambitious scheme to build a large railway network across the county but the scheme becomes bankrupt, & the unfinished line terminates in a field. Using dramatic reconstruction, rare archive film & interviews with those who worked & traveled on the railway, we invite you on a delightful journey through fifty years of rural history. Plus extra feature: The Middy's Last Day 7 mins, 4:3 Full-screen.
ON EAGLES' WINGS - THE AMERICAN AIR FORCE IN WWII IN COLOUR - DVD Ref: D012 Using airmen's memoirs & diaries, "On Eagles' Wings" chronicles the experiences of ordinary young men who risked extraordinary danger. Defying flak & the Nazi Luftwaffe, they were part of the greatest air armada the world has ever seen. With dramatic original colour film, this is the story of the Mighty Eighth as it has never been told before. Featuring: The British Royal Family, Clark Gable & Bob Hope, Dogfights & Bombing Missions, B17s, Liberators, Mustangs & Thunderbolts, Spitfire's, Lancaster's & Luftwaffe Aircraft.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 2 - THE GRACIOUS LADY COMES HOME & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D014 Dick Joice demonstrates bygone machines at Holkham Hall, & the Estate is reunited with a rare 1908 Wolseley Siddeley.File on Flax - Flax was once a staple of the linen trade & farming it was a tough rural craft. Watch one of its last traditional farmers at work.Digger from the Deep - A vintage steam digger is rescued from the deep & restored to its former glory.The Godspeed - Replica of a 17th Century ship, built for a voyage from Suffolk to the USA in tribute to the first American settlers.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 3 - THE SUDBURY MAMMOTH OLDE TYME RALLYE & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D015 Traction engines, steam ploughs, old-time farming machinery & fire engines come back to life at this traditional rally.Elveden Enterprise - Look behind the scenes at daily life around Elveden Hall in Suffolk, private home of the Guiness Family, with its unique historic interiors.Bioscope Show - Film shows, once a popular entertainment at fairgrounds. Meet the enthusiasts who keep this heritage alive with their hand-cranked projectors & steam powered lamps.Come to the Fair - Games, music, lights and historic customs - discover the story behind England's traditional fairs.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 4 - THE HARVEST & OTHER EPISODES - DVD Ref: D016 The last of an old generation of farm workers demonstrate how they used to bring the harvest home.Norfolk Heritage - From windmills & stately homes to friaries & canal bridges, witness the efforts made to keep Norfolk's heritage alive.Horseback Fishermen of Flanders - Rare photographic plates found in a derelict English cottage lead to the discovery of an unusual fishing method, still practiced in Flanders.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 5 - THE COLLECTION GOES TO HOLKHAM & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D017 The Coke family's stately home prepares its disused outbuildings to house the Bygones Collection - from hand tools to farm machinery.Doomsday Discovery - Watermills were once a common sight in East Anglia. Graham Martin undertakes the mammoth challenge of restoring the abandoned watermill at Foulden, Norfolk.Woodbine Willie - His Life and Times - Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy was an Army Chaplin during WWI. Poet & loyal friend, he brought spiritual comfort to his comrades. His Rough Rhymes are read by Judi Dench, Robert Hardy & Philip Madoc.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 6 - LAST OF THE BLACK SAIL TRADERS & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D018 Wherries were once a familiar sight in Norfolk. Join the vintage Albion on her travels across the rivers & coast of Norfolk.Echoes of a Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker - A traditional bottle-kiln is brought back to life for one last pottery firing with some superb results.On Mr Repton's Advice - After Capability Brown came Suffolk's Humphry Repton, the last great landscape designer of the 18th Century who shaped many of Britain's country estates.Beyond the Wall - Poor Law - Life in the grim workhouses of the 19th Century, with a look at the surviving examples including Deben Court in Suffolk & Gressenhall, Norfolk.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 7 - A LIVING THING & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D019 Watermills, wildlife & countryside - discover the living story of the River Wensum as we follow its meandering course.The Man Who Made the Trains Go By - Discover the story behind Bassett Lowke, the original manufacturer of ships & model steam trains - before the days of Hornby.Bernard Thomas Coracle Builder - The ancient art of coracle making is demonstrated by a skilled craftman. Coracles are used for traditional salmon fishing & are ideal for enjoying games on the river.Top of the Town - A peep behind the scenes at the Blackpool Tower, one of Britain's best known seaside landmarks.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 8 - A MAN BETWEEN THREE RIVERS & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D020 Meet the last of the "Fen Tigers", Ernie James, who made his living from a square mile of land by eel catching & punt gunning.Full Steam Ahead - Britain once relied on steam power, from traction engines & diggers to fairgrounds & cranes. Now these iron workhorses from a former age are kept alive by enthusiasts.Gone to Burton - Suffolk farm labourers share their memories of working at the Burton-on-Trent maltings when jobs on the land were scarce.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 9 - KEEPING THE BOAT AFLOAT & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D021 Norfolk is home to the only private lifeboat service in Britain. Since the late 18th Century the Caister lifeboat crews have saved a record number of lives.Model Exhibition - Old fashioned model making at its best, as enthusiasts create everything from intricate matchstick pianos to real steam trains."Puff Buffs" in Bavaria - On the 150th Anniversary of the German railway network, English enthusiasts come face to face with the full glory of Continental steam power.Cahirmee - An Irish Horse Fair - The Cahirmee Fair has always attracted a large following of traders, buyers and travellers. This episode is a fascinating portrait of one of the last traditional horse fairs in Ireland.
BYGONES SPECIALS NO 10 - A VOICE TO REMEMBER & OTHER CLASSIC EPISODES - DVD Ref: D022 The story behind Nipper the dog & the birth of commercial records, which turned 'The Gramophone Company' into HMV & EMI.Aviation Archaeology - The Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton is busy investigating crash sites & preserving the past by rescuing wartime memorabilia.Lock, Stock & Coal Scuttles - An auction by Christie's strips Elveden Hall of its furnishings & opens up an Aladdin's cave of antiques & collectors' items.Pleasures of Times Past - Dick Joice takes us on a final journey through the Bygones Archives - from steam rallies & craftsmen to Edith Cavell & the Singing Postman.
ESSEX PAST - PART 1 - DVD Ref: D059 The County Our Parents Knew.
ESSEX PAST - PART 2 - DVD Ref: D060 The County Our Parent Knew.
MEMORIES OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE & THE FENS: PART 1 - DVD Ref: D062 From the first years of film, journey back in time to see Cambridgeshire & the Fens as it used to be from 1912 to the eve of the Second World War. Watch rare & fascinating footage including: Street scenes in Wisbech, Rowing & river-skating in Cambridge, The annual Sawston peapicking tradition, Papworth Hospital in the 1930s, Chivers jam factory at Histon, Floods at Littleport in 1937.
MEMORIES OF THE ESSEX COAST - DVD Ref: D064 Harwich to Brightlingsea & Mersea Island to Southend, a journey back in time. See how life has changed on the Essex coast. When locals made their livelihoods from the sea & tourists flocked to seaside resorts. Rare footage includes, Surrender of German U-boats at Harwich in 1918, Cockle-picking in Leigh-on-Sea, Horse riding on Frinton beach, Butlins Clacton holiday camp 1939, Schooldays in 1950s Walton-on-the-Naze.
SOUTHEND PAST: THE TOWN OUR PARENTS KNEW - DVD Ref: D065 A journey back in time to visit Southend as it used to be. From German air raids to holidays on the beach, see the bygone years come back to life, includes: The visit of the Royal Navy in 1909, scenes of town life from the 1900s to the 1960s,holidays by the pier , Ecko electronics factory, Southend Airport in the 1960s.
BEDFORDSHIRE MEMORIES: PART 1 - DVD Ref: D066 Journey back in time to Bedfordshire as it used to be, from the last days of the Edwardians through to the 1950s. See how ordinary people lived & worked through half a century of immense change. Rare film brings the past back to life. Includes: Bedford street scenes, the R101 disaster at Cardington, the brickworks at Stewartby in the 1930s, Luton Airport in 1938, Biggleswade & Aspley Guise in WWII.
BEDFORDSHIRE MEMORIES: PART 2 Ref: D067 Following World War II, life in Bedfordshire changed beyond recognition. Growing prosperity, rapid urbanisation & immigration affected both the appearance of the county & the way that people lived. Step back into the 1950s & '60s Includes: Bedford in the early 60s Luton, Dunstable & the motor trade, The changing face of Leighton Buzzard, RAF Sharnbrook & Woburn Abbey.
WOMEN IN EAST ANGLIA WORKING LIVES - DVD Ref: D068 Women in the 1900s, were housewives, domestic servants, farm labourers or nurses. Sixty years later,this had given way to lipstick, shorter skirts & careers that had been exclusively for men. See how women lived & worked & the strides to gain equality with men. Includes: Suffragette movement, Adverts & shopping in 1920s & 1930s, Beauty contests & fashion in 1950s & 1960s, Women at Cambridge University, Farm workers & fisher girls.
WOMEN IN EAST ANGLIA WARTIME LIVES - DVD Ref: D069 In 1915, a young Suffolk woman became a Serbian Army soldier, the same year, Norfolk nurse Edith Cavell helped Allied soldiers escape imprisonment. East Anglia Women during two world wars rose to every challenge, from working the land to firefighting. Includes: Norwich Ladies Fire Brigade in 1915, Land Army in Essex & Norfolk, Barrage balloon operators at Cardington, Suffolk nurses mobile hospital unit, Cambridgeshire billeting officer Barbara Meadows who took the job the men refused.
GHOSTS OF EAST ANGLIA - DVD Ref: D070 A girl who communicates with the dead, a phantom figure captured on a photograph, a church bell rings by itself. East Anglia, always rich in tales of the supernatural. From the 1960s onwards, sightings of ghosts were the subject of news headlines & television investigations. Watch these stories from the vaults of the East Anglian Film Archive. Through documentary footage & interviews, explore these real ghost stories. Including: A haunted police station in Suffolk, the ghost of Peterhouse College Cambridge, "Old Shuck" of Norfolk, Borley Rectory, The disturbed burial mound in Northamptonshire.
EAST ANGLIA'S STEAM YEARS - DVD Ref: D071 A journey back in time to the heyday of steam. A collection of documentary footage & amateur film this looks back at the region’s railway lines. The M & GN Railway from foundation through to its closure, told by the men who worked the line, the last days of the Cambridge to Mildenhall branch in stunning period colour film. Relive the elegant magic of the Scottish Express which rumbled through East Anglia en route from London.
COLCHESTER & CHELMSFORD IN THE SIXTIES - DVD Ref: D077 1960's steam trains still seen at Chelmsford station, Colchester streets are filling up with scooters & Ford Anglia's, Military Tattoo an annual crowd pleaser, new University had opened its doors & Colchester United is playing at Layer Road. King's Road Junior & Chelmsford Girls High School, Essex police trialling their new helicopters & student rebellion at the University of Essex.
YARMOUTH IN DAYS GONE BY - DVD Ref: D081 Yarmouth was one of the wealthiest towns in Britain, quays packed with herring season fishing boats & boasted an unrivalled holiday trade. Life as it was in Yarmouth through 60 years of archive film including the herring fleets at sea & in port, 1930 Prince of Wales opens the Haven Bridge. Publicity films from the 1930's & 1950's. Tommy Cooper, Ruby Murray & Benny Hill visiting the town.
YARMOUTH IN THE SIXTIES - DVD Ref: D082 Yarmouth 1960's: holiday makers flock to the town, cars are clogging the approach roads & Southtown is a busy station. The mighty herring fleets are vanishing, the oil & gas industry arrives. Mods & Rockers descend on the seafront. Morecombe & Wise at Wellington Pier, Bob Monkhouse & Bruce Forsyth at a church service for stars, the last brew of Lacons beer.
MEMORIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE: PART 2 - DVD Ref: D084 1946: World War II is over, men return to witness how the 1950's & 1960's transform the county beyond recognition. From Festival of Britain to the Beatles, back in time to post-war Hertfordshire including: Royston Coronation celebrations, George Bernard Shaw at Ayot St Lawrence, Buntingford branch line in colour, Ashwell, Letchworth, Hatfield, 1950's Hemel Hempstead & Welwyn Garden City & 1960's Wheathampstead.
WE RULED LONDON: THE STORY OF THE KRAYS - DVD Ref: D090 The 1950s, two men built a criminal empire. To the public, the Krays were celebrities; to their enemies, dangerous, ruthless men, dishing out violence & even murder. Operating in the post-war years, crime meant robbery, extortion & police corruption. This, a story of that criminal underworld the rise & fall of the Krays from humble beginnings through to their arrest & imprisonment, a history of the men behind the myth.
LONDON'S EAST END: 1940'S TO 1970'S - DVD Ref: D091 London, 1940, Luftwaffe is pounding the East End, reducing whole districts to rubble. People shelter in the Underground as their streets are destroyed. East End is stronger than the enemy & emerges victorious. But within thirty years, the old East End vanishes. Roads fill with traffic, terraced housing is replaced by tower blocks & the Docks are closed. Using rarely seen archive film, this captures the final years of the old East End.
LONDON'S EAST END: 1900'S TO 1930'S - DVD Ref: D092 East End in 1900. A world of cobbled streets & thick fog. Thousands live in cramped, sooty tenements. Homes are lit by gas & infested with lice. Amidst this dire poverty is a close knit community defined by resilience, kindness & humour. Children play in the streets & men crowd to the dock gates for work. From the match factories of Bow to the hop fields of Kent, see how London’s East End lived in the years before the Second World War.
LONDON IN THE FIFTIES: PART 1 - DVD Ref: D093 London in the 1950s. Churchill is Prime Minister, the city is in ruins from the Blitz. No supermarkets, frozen foods, televisions or motorways. A city of back to back housing & smog. Docks heave with shipping & no respectable man goes to work without a hat. The decade brings change. A new monarch takes the throne & the South Bank hosts the Festival of Britain as London emerges from the grim years of Austerity.
LONDON IN THE FIFTIES: PART 2 - DVD Ref: D094 Full employment, rationing ends, life becomes easier. The city is swept up in Rock n’ Roll, Soho becomes trendy & coffee bars fill with teenagers. Buckingham Palace has its last presentation of débutantes. West Indian immigrants arrive to work on the transport system, race riots erupt in Notting Hill. Olympia holds its first electronic computer exhibition, the new Routemaster replaces Trolleybus & London’s first motorway is opened.
LONDON'S RAILWAYS: 1920'S TO 1970'S - DVD Ref: D095 1900's London’s transport system relied on steam. Within sixty years, most of these locomotives had vanished as the capital switched to electric & diesel power. Journey back to a time when London played host to the Silver Jubilee, Devon Belle and when the Coronation Scot was the latest in steam power. Highlights include, a demonstration of a railcar in 1935, the underground GPO mail train, the trial of BR’s "Roadrailer" in 1960.
