British Film Institute Screening of Rare Cornish Footage
Another treat for Cornwall Film Festival attendees is a presentation by Jan Faull, the BFI National Archive Production Curator, who has unearthed some rare footage of Cornwall, including:
1901 ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE AND PLYMOUTH SOUND
Part of the Mitchell and Kenyon Collection (b/w, silent)
1904 SCENES ON THE CORNISH RIVIERA
Promotional film for the Gt Western Railway (b/w, silent)
1920-1 PORTALS OF THE ATLANTIC
Cornish scenes – St Ives, Helston , Newquay etc
Filmed by Claude Friese-Greene , a precursor to his more
famous colour travelogue from 1925 The Open Road (b/w, silent)
1937 FAREWELL TOPSAILS
Filmed by Humphrey Jennings in Dufaycolor.
The last of the topsail schooners transporting china clay from Charlestown to London (colour, sound)
1947 SERVING THE WORLD
Promotional film for Holmans Rock Drills – shows the work carried on at the various sites in Camborne. The company had a world-famous reputation for mining equipment and was the major employer in the town. (b/w, sound)
1953 FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE
Produced by the BFI Experimental Film Fund
Examples of Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures set against the Cornish surroundings that inspired them. (Colour, sound)
Jan, a Camborne native, will be introducing each item and giving some background on how it came to be made.
A not-to-be-missed opportunity to see some great archive materials.
