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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1991

Title

[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE 1969]

Producer

BBC

Date

1969

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

3 mins 57 secs

Description

Footage shot in November 1969 as part of the BBC Chronicle series. Features restoration work taking place at Higher Mill in Helmshore. A group of volunteers led by Derek Pilkington are seen converting the mill into a textile museum. Includes scenes of school children being shown around the site and close up shots of the restored water wheel. (The film was broadcast in March 1970 as an entry for Chronicle's Industrial Archaeological prize)

 

 



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