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Electric Edwardians: The Film of Mitchell & Kenyon

 

  Directed by MITCHELL & KENYON

UK 1900-1906 / Shorts / Compilation / Cultural / 85 min / Black & White / Stereo / 1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio / PAL / Silent with Musical Score / Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired

The films of Mitchell & Kenyon take us on a tour of everyday life in Edwardian Britain. The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon, the hugely successful BBC TV series, subsequently released on DVD by bfi Video, introduced audiences to these miraculous views of the past. Now this new DVD offers the opportunity to explore the Collection in greater depth.

The material is taken from 28 hours of footage and represents a cross-section of the subjects covered in the Collection. From factory gates to football matches, the leaving of Liverpool to the leaving of work, the workers on holiday and at play, it provides an unparalleled opportunity to see the world through the eyes of the working communities of the time.

The films are grouped into five sections: Youth and Education, The Anglo-Boer War, Workers, High Days and Holidays and People and Places; a total of 35 full-length films in all, plus five 'hidden' items. They are set to a specially commissioned score by Sheffield-based duo In The Nursery and presented in a digipack, with extensive extras offering much background material.

 
       

Bonus Features:

- Optional voiceover commentary by Dr Vanessa Toulmin of the National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield
- Filmed interview with Vanessa Toulmin
- Voiceover introduction by film historian Tom Gunning, read by actor Paul McGann
- ‘Featurette’ on the restoration work by the bfi National Film and Television Archive
- Illustrated booklet, written by Vanessa Toulmin