The BFI National Archive in partnership with BT Royal Mail and The British Postal Museum & Archive has curated and restored the legendary output of short films produced by the GPO Film Unit from 1933-1940.
A famous series of films showing the development of farming and rural life in four diverse areas of the country: The Midland Shires The Fens Cornwall and the Downs. The Pattern of Britain comprised six films in total and the remaining two Scottish titles are available on The Glen Is Ours (see below). Programme comprises: The Grassy Shires (1944). Director Ralph Keene. Associate Producer Edgar Anstey. Fenlands (1945). Director Ken Annakin. Associate Producer Edgar Anstey. Cornish Valley (1944). Director Ralph Keene. Associate Producer Edgar Anstey. Downlands (1947). Directors Charles de Latour and Humphrey Swingler
Three Scottish films from 1946 about rural issues many still relevant today. The Glen Is Ours is a drama about the importance of local democracy. The two Scottish members of the Pattern of Britain series are also included: Crofters visits Achriesgill Sutherland and North East Corner visits the farms and fishing ports of Aberdeen Fraserburgh and the Buchan area.
Four war-time films showing the operations on Britain's farms during the four seasons of the year. Starts in Winter on the Farm in 1941 then Spring on the Farm Summer on the Farm and finishes with the harvest festival in The Crown of the Year. As featured on BBC Radio 4's On Your Farm. Filmed in Uploaders Dorset Ross-on-Wye Hereford Lancashire and Cheshire and East Norfolk.
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