Workforce Leaving a Factory in the North of England (c.1900)
Victorian factory workers head for home, dodging puddles along the way.
Sadly, the location of this 'factory gate' film hasn't been identified: even the type of goods that the workers manufactured are kept under wraps in the large packages transported on the cart at the start. But it has a female-heavy workforce (shawls and straw hats abound), so textiles is a good bet. Many of the workers beam at the camera as they pass, while the young scamps are as curious as ever.
Male and female workers leaving work.
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Edwardian Enigmas
Who, what, where? Calling amateur detectives - can you help us solve these mysteries?
We've learned a lot about Mitchell and Kenyon since hundreds of their films were rediscovered in 1995. Research by the University of Sheffield and the BFI revealed a wealth of background detail about the films, the events they depict, how they were commissioned and shown. But a few films have so far stubbornly refused to give up their secrets.
So now's your chance to play amateur detective. Do you recognise this town, that street, those factory gates, that football team... even a face in the crowd? If you can, please let us know. And if you can't, you can still enjoy these heady slices of Edwardian (or Victorian) life.
16 videos in this collection
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Factory Exit in Lincoln (1900)
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Unidentified Chinese Men (c.1900)
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Parade of Schoolchildren (c.1902)
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Textile Workers Leaving a Factory (c.1901)
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Workers Leaving a Factory in Wigan (1902)
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Scene Outside a Factory (c.1902)
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Employees Leaving a Factory (c.1901)
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Street Scenes in North of England (c.1902)
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Factory Gate Exit (c.1901)
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Exit of Clerical and Factory Workers (c.1901)
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Workers at Ross & Hardy Paper Works (1901)
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Unidentified Factory Gate Exit in Lancashire (c.1900)
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Workforce Leaving a Factory in the North of England (c.1900)
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Unidentified Factory Gate (c.1900)
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