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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

5973

Title

THE VANISHING VILLAGE

Producer

David Cayton

Date

c1955

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

4 mins 37 secs

Description

A film about coastal erosion in the village of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, with shots of the village and surrounding coastline, There is footage of houses that are about to fall into the sea. Also contains scenes of trawlers unloading their catch in Whitby harbour.

 

 



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