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Archive Films and Shows
As the original modern city, it is fitting that so much of Manchester's History has been docmented by that symbol of the Modern Age, the motion picture. The North West Film Archive, based at Manchester Metropolitan University, is home to a fantastic collection of over 26,000 reels of film and videotapes, dating from the 1890's to the present day. With newsreels, advertisments, regional television programs, home movies and more, the North West Film Archive's collections bring vividally to life the history of Manchester and the North West Region more widely.
As part of the Histories Festival we'll be giving you the opportunity to look through the silver screen at life in Manchester's past with a display of films from the Archive, with introductions by media historians. Don't miss your chance to see excerpts of jems as Paul Rotha's 1947 biopic of Manchester A City Speaks, made as the city looked to its future after the hard years of war.
| Time | Showing |
| 10.15 |
Welcome and Introduction to the North West Film Archive by Marion Hewitt, Service Manager, Northwest Film Archive
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| 10.15 - 11.45 |
Archive films from the North West Film Archive - very early footage of Manchester from
Our Friends The Police (1914); Manchester Took It Too! (1940/41), showing the devastation
of the Manchester Blitz; excerpts from A City Speaks (1947) filmed as the city rebuilt
after the war, with an introduction by Prof Alan Kidd; and a typical day at Smithfield
Market Manchester 1853- 1973. |
| 11.45 | C.P. Lee 'The History of the Mancunian Film Company' University of Salford Lecturer Dr C.P. Lee will be discussing Manchester's involvement in the film industry over the years, including archive film excerpts. |
| 12.30 | Steve Harrison Folk Music Show |
| 1.30 - 3.30 | Archive films from the North West Film Archive - very early footage of Manchester from Our Friends The Police (1914); Manchester Took It Too! (1940/41), showing the devastationof the Manchester Blitz; excerpts from A City Speaks (1947) filmed as the city rebuilt
after the war, with an introduction by Prof Alan Kidd; and We Were Born to Survive (1995),a biography of the Manchester activist Kath Locke, with an introduction by Paul Okojie.
| 3.30 | Yer Mam, Yer Gran and Yer Uncle Dan Join Manchester Music Service for a wonderful afternoon sing along - Fun for all the Family! |
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Images on this page are copyright Manchester Libraries' Local Images Collection, which has over 80,000 historical pictures - people, streets and buildings of Manchester. Search and view at www.images.manchester.gov.uk
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