Historic Canal Film

[Tim Lewis]

 As a bit of a lockdown project I have been putting together a list of online historic UK waterway film. It is at

 

Historic Canal Film (timlewis.org.uk)

 

I would be interested of hearing of any others that may be out there.

[matty40s]

23 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

 As a bit of a lockdown project I have been putting together a list of online historic UK waterway film. It is at

 

Historic Canal Film (timlewis.org.uk)

 

I would be interested of hearing of any others that may be out there.

Cracking idea Tim, perhaps get it listed on Richard's CanalplanAc 

[Rob-M]

That's going to cause the loss of a few days.

[ditchcrawler]

54 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

 As a bit of a lockdown project I have been putting together a list of online historic UK waterway film. It is at

 

Historic Canal Film (timlewis.org.uk)

 

I would be interested of hearing of any others that may be out there.

Thanks Tim

[buccaneer66]

There are some canal films on Movietone News 

[NB Alnwick]

That should keep me awake tonight . . .

Thanks and well done.

[Martin Nicholas]

Also the Huntley Collection.

[Pluto]

You have one from the Yorkshire Film Archive, but they have several more if you search for 'canal', including some really good sections on S&SYN, A&CN traffic and the 1774 Bicentenary of Bingley 5-rise.

[Tam & Di]

Is it worth noting films The Bargee and Painted Boats as a sub-set. Also Idle Women, the BBC TV film held by BFI. They all have some interesting footage.

 

Tam

[Waterway2go]

There's a news clip from 1979 featuring a SIWA rally on the Forth & Clyde in Glasgow, here  https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/T0144/74958263

 

[Peter Reed]

Thanks Tim.

 

[captain birdseye]

Thanks Tim, it was great to see Dirty Weekend, I haven't seen it since the seventies. There are lots of familiar (to me) faces on it, lots of whom I still see, and takes me back to how working parties used to be.

[buccaneer66]

20 minutes ago, captain birdseye said:

and takes me back to how working parties used to be.

I better not convert my cine films of Wey & Arun working parties in the late 70's/early 80's into video then.

[Tim Lewis]

4 hours ago, buccaneer66 said:

I better not convert my cine films of Wey & Arun working parties in the late 70's/early 80's into video then.

It would be really interesting to see them though!

 

 

[David Mack]

5 hours ago, captain birdseye said:

Thanks Tim, it was great to see Dirty Weekend, I haven't seen it since the seventies. There are lots of familiar (to me) faces on it, lots of whom I still see, and takes me back to how working parties used to be.

Absolutely! The 70s at Marple is before my time navvying, but there were a few faces there I recognised too.

I think the Health and Safety Bod would have a few words to say about some of those practices today!

[archie57]

5 hours ago, captain birdseye said:

Thanks Tim, it was great to see Dirty Weekend, I haven't seen it since the seventies. There are lots of familiar (to me) faces on it, lots of whom I still see, and takes me back to how working parties used to be.

Takes me back, shame it's not in Smellyvision!

[buccaneer66]

1 hour ago, Tim Lewis said:

It would be really interesting to see them though!

 

 

I will do it at some point as I want to donate them to the trust.

[Tim Lewis]

1 hour ago, David Mack said:

Absolutely! The 70s at Marple is before my time navvying, but there were a few faces there I recognised too.

I think the Health and Safety Bod would have a few words to say about some of those practices today!

Did you note Bob in the back of the morris minor pick up ?

[Tim Lewis]

On 11/01/2021 at 10:17, Tam & Di said:

Is it worth noting films The Bargee and Painted Boats as a sub-set. Also Idle Women, the BBC TV film held by BFI. They all have some interesting footage.

 

Tam

Sadly neither of these appears to be available to watch online, am sure that they were once but I cannot find them now.

 

[buccaneer66]

Does this help Tim

 

 

[bill brown]

The North West Film Archive is worth a look https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/default_advsearch.htm

As is the BFI Player https://player.bfi.org.uk/search/free?q=canal

 

[Tim Lewis]

7 minutes ago, buccaneer66 said:

Does this help Tim

 

 

 Sadly that it just a clip rather than the whole film ?

 

Tim

[buccaneer66]

So wrongly listed as the full movie

[Derek R.]

To buy or rent. Well worth it.

Watch 'The Night Mail' on BFI - full film and free.

[ChrisJBrady]

Don't forget a search on Genome ...

 

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=waterways#search

 

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=canals#search

 

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=narrow+boats#search

 

etc.

 

 

You might find references to other films at:

 

http://waterwaysongs.info/

 

Email Ian at: ian@waterwaysongs.co.uk