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.
View
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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