Film Record: Saturday

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Booth

Smethurst

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Sunday Referee National Amateur Film Contest, Thirds Place, Class B – Section 2 (‘Interest Films Produced by Clubs or Individuals’), March 1934.

Description:

"shows cinematically how a large provincial town spends Saturday. Each shot will be related to the preceding shot either by comparison or by contrast, and the success of the film will depend entirely on the photography and the editing" (HMHT 1933: 113).
"a picture dealing with the various activities of a town at week-ends. Many shots were taken in the streets of Bolton" (Kinematograph Weekly 1933: 21).

Resources:

Anon. Home Movies and Home Talkies. Aug (1933): 113.
Anon. ‘Bolton Kinema to Show Amateur Films.’ Kinematograph Weekly 201, no. 1388 (Nov 23, 1933): 21.

Locations:

• Bolton, UK. (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

Bolton Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA)

Subjects:

• Settlements
•      Cities and towns

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Imperial Kinema, Deansgate, Bolton, November 27, 1933.: Bolton, UK.

Last Seen:

Imperial Kinema, Deansgate, Bolton, November 27, 1933.

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