Hi
ODK members,
Nothing to do on a Friday night? Family want to watch some action blockbuster film?
Look no further. Here is my
Top-Five Selection.
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The East Anglia Film Archive is owned and operated by the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UEA),
as a not for profit research and public access resource.
[1] The Suffolk Iron Foundry - 1962 - 9.31 minutesAnglia Television document the arduous and intricate work of making lawn mowers at the Suffolk Iron Foundry.
WATCH HERE: http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/128448[2] East Anglian Coastline - 1959 - 25.53 minutesAn advertising film for
Ransomes lawnmowers taking the guise of a travelogue of the East Anglian coastline.
Though a Ransomes promotional film, it has fantastic video of classic Ransomes machines.
WATCH HERE: http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/548[3] Operation Matador - 1959 - 12.22 minutesRansomes Matador Lawnmower is driven from Edinburgh to London non-stop.
WATCH HERE: http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/2149[4] All The Year Round - 1962 - 29.51 minutesPrimarily an agricultural video, but with great images of early farming and early mower slashers.
WATCH HERE: http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/811[5] Topcroft Farm - 1927 - 10.23 minutesAn early silent film on
traditional farming. Great images of agricultural scythes.
WATCH HERE: http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/1054East Anglia Film ArchiveSource website:
http://www.eafa.org.uk/default.aspxAll very watchable.
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JACK