Your past times on DVD
Remember when... Take a trip back in time with some
beautiful film of our Norfolk and Suffolk past.
The East Anglian Film Archive, in partnership with
local production company Independent Studios UK, has made a series
of DVDs using archive film from the region, capturing the lives
of people, their work and their surroundings from as early as the
1900s.
Richard Taylor, Director of the East Anglian
Film Archive, said: “People have been asking for our films
on this popular format for some time. They are attractively packaged
and will make ideal Christmas presents.”
The titles of the new DVDs and contents are:
 1
The Broads: A Norfolk & Suffolk Treasure
Until the 19th Century, the Broads lay undiscovered: a paradise
of water and wildlife. Wherries sailed the quiet rivers, and small
communities harvested reeds and hunted food.
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a clip
2 Norfolk Past: The County our Parents Knew
Norfolk, 1903: there are horses, trams and gas lamps. People work
on the farms, the toilet is a bucket and there is no central heating
or running water.
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a clip
 3
Suffolk Past: The County our Parents Knew
Suffolk, 1913: shows how people in Suffolk lived and worked from
1913 to the 1960s. Includes life in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Lavenham
and Southwold.
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a clip
4 The Home Front: East Anglia at War
Evacuees have flooded in from the cities, the Home Guard patrols
the countryside; the Land Army works the fields. Blackouts, air
raids, gasmasks and rationing have become part of everyday life.
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a clip
 5
GI Airmen in East Anglia
East Anglia, 1942: the US Air Force has invaded, bringing Jeeps,
gum, candy and nylons. Charming and friendly, the GIs quickly become
part of the local scene.
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a clip
6 Floods of East Anglia 1912-1953
January 1953: Freak weather has caused havoc in East Anglia, drowning
hundreds of people. Norwich in 1912, Norfolk in 1938, Cambridgeshire
in 1947, Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex in 1953 .
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a clip
 7
Norwich in the Fifties
Norwich, 1950: Bombsites, rationing, red telephone boxes and Austin
Sevens. The cattle market, the Festival of Britain, the Coronation,
Norwich City in the semi finals of the FA Cup and a car journey
through the city streets.
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8 Working the Land: Farm Life in East Anglia
East Anglia, 1920s: The horse ploughs the field, and the few machines
are steam-powered. Milk and meat can be bought at the door - all
is free range, and battery farming is unknown.
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 9
Railways of East Anglia 1900–1980s
Most villages had a station, and trains carried everything from
farm labourers to fruit.
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a clip
10 The Norfolk Coast 1920s–1970s
The herring fleet is out at sea. Steam trains bring crowds of tourists
to the beaches. This production features Sheringham, Yarmouth and
King’s Lynn
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a clip
The RRP of the DVDs is £9.99 and they
are available in Norfolk & Suffolk libraries and selected retailers
and from
www.archivefilmshop.co.uk
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