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Electric Edwardians - The Lost Films of Mitchell & Kenyon
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Electric Edwardians - The Lost Films of Mitchell & Kenyon (1909)
Starring:  ------
Director:  ------
Genre:  Silent, Documentary
Year:  1909
Studio:  New Yorker Video
Length:  85 minutes
Released:   July 11, 2006
Rating:  NR
Format:  DVD
Misc:  NTSC, Black & White
Language:  English(Original Language)
SYNOPSIS:
In the earliest years of the twentieth century, enterprising traveling showmen in the north of England hired pioneer filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon to shoot footage of local people going about their everyday activities. These films would be shown later at nearby fairgrounds, town halls and neighborhood theaters. Workers, school children, sports fans and seaside vacationers all flocked to see themselves miraculously captured on screen!

The astonishing discovery of the original Mitchell & Kenyon negatives in Blackburn, England -- in a basement about to be demolished ? has been described as film's equivalent of Tutankhamen's tomb. Preserved and restored by the bfi National Film and Television Archive in collaboration with the University of Sheffield National Fairground Archive and featuring a hauntingly beautiful score by In The Nursery, this treasure trove of extraordinary footage provides an unparalleled record of everyday life in the years before World War I. Mesmerizing scenes of trolley cars and crowded streets, soccer matches, temperance parades, throngs of workers leaving the factory and a myriad of simple pleasures transport us to another -- lost -- world. The effect is as if H.G. Wells' marvelous time machine had come to life.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Commentary by Dr. Vanessa Toulmin, National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield
  • Video interview with Dr. Toulmin
  • Pictures of Crowd Splendour by Tom Gunning, University of Chicago
  • Featurette on the restoration
  • Divin Lucy and additional shorts by Mitchell and Kenyon
  • Electric Edwardian Press Kit downloadable on DVD-Rom

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