An incredible discovery
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Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute and other national and regional film archives, to tell the history of modern Britain.
In Manchester, Melvyn looks back to the 1900s and the dawn of a new era, when the invention of the film camera put everyday people in the picture.
Margaret Koppens talks about her grandfather who was one of the thousands of children who risked life and limb in the cotton mills of Lancashire. Fairground owner Peter Sedgwick comes face to face with his great grandfather who started the family business back in 1900. Plus, how a discovery of film stock in a Blackburn basement ended up a world treasure.
Available since Sun 25 Sep 2011
Credits
- Series Producer
- Dympna Jackson
- Presenter
- Melvyn Bragg
- Executive Producer
- Ruth Pitt
This clip is from
Reel History of Britain Dawn of a New Era
19/20 A look back to the 1900s and the invention of the film camera.
First broadcast: 29 Sep 2011
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