Film Record: Village and Country Scenes

Still from Village And Country Scenes via EAFA

Identifier:

• 43 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1938

Filmmaker(s):

Alec Paull

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:05:34

Length:

135 ft

Format:

9.5mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"With an eye for the timeless and pictureque, Alec Paull of Colchester filmed these 1930s scenes on his travels by bike around Essex and the Suffolk border. The few cars, bikes and buses appear amongst snow-covered homes and gardens, and leafy country lanes where lambs and ponies graze amongst the spring blossom." (bfi.org.uk)

Locations:

• Colchester, Essex, UK ()
• Kersey, Suffolk, UK ()
• Saffron Walden, Essex, UK ()
• Thaxted, Essex, UK ()

Subjects:

•      Cities and towns
•      England

Genre:

• Documentary
• Nature

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

East Anglian Film Archive

Video Link:

• bfi.org.uk

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