"Director: Andy Mckay"

• Derbyshire on Film - The Peak District | DVD | (20/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  This first in a volume of DVDs on Derbyshire to be released over the next 2 years focuses on the customs, industries, people and landscape of the Peak District through much of the twentieth century. The Peak District became the UK's first National Park in 1951 following the famous Kinder Mass Trespass in 1932 and years of subsequent campaigning by ramblers to be allowed access to the Peaks' open moors. It covers a huge area, not all of which is in Derbyshire, and its landscape, traditions and industries are as diverse as each other, From the limestone dales of the White Peak to the wilder north of the Dark Peak; the passionate frenzy of Ashbourne's Shrovetide Football to the more sedate custom of well dressing in Tissington; and limestone quarrying in Wirksworth to cotton spinning at Masson Mill in Matlock. Derbyshire on Film - The Peak District is a series of beautiful amateur and professional films illustrating life in this mesmerising county. Hear ATV Today's Gwyn Richards tell the tale of the flooding of Derwent Village and Ashopton to make way for Ladybower Reservoir; watch the quarrying and cutting of Blue John; Hear memories of those who took part in the mass trespass of 1932; look back at Chatsworth and Haddon Hall in the 1960s and families enjoying the countryside in the 1950s and 1960s; Marvel at how little Dovedale has changed since the 1930s through a selection of films taken through the decades of the famous stepping stones- all through a marvellous collection of archive films preserved at the Media Archive for Central England.ormat: 1 Disc presented in a digipak with protective cover and shrink wrapped. DVD PAL. Running Time: 80 mins Ratio: 16:9 (Archive 4:3) Colour/Black and White Optional Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing

• Nottingham on Film (1920 to 1980) | DVD | (12/12/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Known as "The Queen of the Midlands", Nottingham is an ancient city with a rich cultural and industrial history. The twentieth century saw rapid change for Nottingham, in the market square - the largest in England outside the capital and scene of many civic celebrations, in industry and transport, as well as in everyday life - and the new medium of film was there to record this change. Nottingham on Film, produced and edited by acclaimed filmmaker Andy McKay and his team at the University of Lincoln's School of Media, pieces together rarely seen and newly restored film preserved at the Media Archive for Central England (MACE) from 1920 to 1980. These hidden gems have been arranged into ten themes so you can choose how you want to make your exploration of twentieth century Nottingham, to better understand the city as it is today. Amongst the films are scenes of enjoyment at the Goose Fair, coronation celebrations, life on the shop floor in knitwear, lace, bicycles and tobacco; trade on the River Trent, and a wealth of news reports from ITV's regional news magazine programme, ATV Today. These include the opening of the Nottingham Playhouse and building work at the 'new 'Victoria Centre, both in 1964.

• Worcestershire on Film | DVD | (01/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Worcestershire is a county steeped in history and between its rolling countryside and Rivers Avon and Severn sits towns, villages and communities rich in manufacturing, crop growing and cultural heritage, from market gardening in the Vale of Evesham to carpet making in Kidderminster. Worcestershire on Film, produced and edited by acclaimed filmmaker Andy McKay and his team at the University of Lincoln's School of Media, pieces together rarely seen and newly restored 20th century films of the county that are preserved at the Media Archive for Central England (MACE). Amongst the films are a variety of reports from the regional news programme ATV Today which ran from 1964 to 1981, including village reaction to the possible sale of St Jarvis' Church Spire to America in 1968; the 1969 demolition of the house on Rainbow Hill where Sir Edward Elgar died; apple picking and asparagus farming in the 1960s and 1970s and reports from the 1960s to 1980s on flooding in the county when the River Severn burst its banks. There is also a focus on industry including a 1925 film illustrating carpet making in Kidderminster and a look at needle making in Redditch in 1968. A variety of films captured with skill by amateur filmmakers can also be seen, including shots of Winston Churchill's visit to Worcester on 20th May 1950. This section includes a glimpse of the newly discovered letters between Churchill and the city's mayor, encouraging Churchill to make this visit after he was granted the freedom of the city in 1945. These hidden gems have been arranged into seven themes so you can choose how you want to make your exploration of twentieth century Worcestershire. The DVD also includes a short film, About MACE, a behind the scenes look at the work of the MACE team and the services they provide. DVD PAL. Running Time: 71 mins Ratio: 16:9 (Archive 4:3) Colour/Black and White Optional Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing