Travellers' Tales

From the collection of

Yorkshire Film Archive
The Yorkshire Film Archive at York St John University save and celebrate screen heritage made in or about Yorkshire. They connect broad and diverse audiences to their cultural and socially significant collection that reflects the life, landscape, and identity of the people of the region since the 1890s. Together with their sister archive in the North East they form the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, a unique pan-regional resource with over 75,000 moving image artefacts. They unlock the collections for artists, academics, curators, programmers, researchers, and producers to reveal compelling stories from the vaults. www.yfanefa.com

Travellers' Tales

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A look at some of the ways in which our means of transport have changed over the past 100 years.

From the early days, filmmakers were interested in different transport and the look, speed, and freedom they gave to people. Aviation, railways, or a scenic Sunday drive, transport wasn't just a means of getting from A to B. In fact, motorsport began to gain popularity after the Second World War, and in the Sheffield Sporting Trials captured on film, 90% of the cars were homemade specially for the chase. It was important to maintain power without spinning the wheels, and the most effective way to do this was for the passenger to bounce up and down, creating a rather amusing scene for the event's spectators.

A look at some of the ways in which our means of transport have changed over the past 100 years. The programme features rare footage of the Sheffield Sporting trials and a look at pre-war aviation through the films of a flying enthusiast whose films of various air shows before the war captured commercial flying in its infancy. Also, in part one a reflection on the gentle joys of Sunday driving, as experienced by a York family who regularly updated their family car. In part two a day in the life of a Huddersfield trolleybus as seen through one of its former drivers and a look at the effect the Beeching cuts had on a number of branch lines in North Yorkshire.


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The Way We Were

A sentimental journey through life in the North of England.
An affectionate look at the way we used to live using archive film and real-life experiences to illustrate how our daily lives have changed over the past 100 years. The Way We Were was a highly successful ITV series, each programme focussing on various aspects of life in the Yorkshire region. With the help of collectors, cine enthusiasts and historians, the series brings to you a fascinating and evocative social history from the 1920s to the 1980s.

18 videos in this collection

1

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

2

Childhood

3

Work, Rest, and Play

4

A Grand Day Out

5

The Home Front

6

A Royal Flush

7

Food, Glorious Food

8

A Family Album

9

Coast

10

A Day to Remember

11

Schooldays

12

A Sporting Life

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Travellers' Tales

14

A Country Life

15

Clubs

16

Family Matters

17

Work in Progress

18

Tales from an Orphanage

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