Thursday, June 12, 2014

Jun 12th    
Seven Streets, Two Markets and a Wedding** (U)  
(Ipswich Film Theatre)

(GB 2014)

Atmospheric collection of documentary footage shot by sometimes adventurous cameramen, and others just functional but with the historical interest nowadays of capturing incidentals, with each short film preceded by a static present day shot of the London location today.

Taken from East Lane Bridge**
(1932. 5m. bw. silent; Near North Wembley station.)
These Can Be Yours* (excerpt)
(1949. Wembley Road Safety Council. 10m. bw; Curious mixture of comedy documentary and public information film.)
Wedding of Frances Burgess and Charles Holmes of St. Andrew's Church, Kingsbury on 8 July 1944**
(5m. bw. silent.)
All on a Winter's Day* (excerpt)
(1952. 11m. silent. bw; ph: A.E. Reneson Coucher.)
Green Islands* (excerpt)
(1954. 5m.; d: Cecil Musk.)
Various Views: Hackney Housing
(circa 1950. 7m. silent.)
Lambeth Walk
(circa 1960s. 5m. silent; ph: Frederick Meiklejohn.)
Walworth Road
(1960. 3m. silent; ph: Patricia David, Stanley David.)
SE18: Impressions of a London Suburb* (excerpt)
(1964. 10m. bw; d: Alan G. Bell.)
Tower Hamlets Carnival (excerpt)
(1979. 6m. silent; d: R. Taylor.)

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