Electric Edwardians - The Films Of Mitchell And Kenyon

Electric Edwardians - The Films Of Mitchell And Kenyon

2005 · 85 min · Documentary

Archive footage, recently discovered, shot by the Edwardian documentary film-makers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon. Selected from a total of 28 hours of material, this compilation is grouped into five sections: 'Youth and Education'; 'The Anglo-Boer War'; 'Workers'; 'High Days and Holidays' and 'People and Places'. It includes footage of ordinary people going about their everyday business, from the factory gates to football matches, and is set to a specially commisioned score by the Shieffield-based duo In the Nursery.

Directed by Sagar Mitchell

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Passengers and crew boarding the SS Saxonia.

Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood

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