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Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon, The: RRP 19.99

certificate E Certificate
2004
Black & white, and colour
UK
Language(s): English
Published/distributed by BFI
ISBN/EAN: 5035673006924
Ratio 04:03
Region 2
Price: £19.99
(Including VAT at 20%)
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Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon, The: RRP 19.99 
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From 1900 to 1913, film-makers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, commissioned by touring showmen, roamed the North of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. For around 70 years, 800 rolls of their early nitrate film sat in sealed barrels in the basement of a local shop in Blackburn. Miraculously discovered by a local businessman and painstakingly restored by the BFI, this ranks as the most exciting film discovery of recent times.

The BFI and the BBC have collaborated on bringing this fascinating material onto the screen with a three-part television series, The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon, was broadcast on BBC Two in 2005. Presented by Dan Cruickshank, the series opens up our past and includes interviews with descendents of some of those featured in the footage, who are seeing their ancestors on film for the first time. It also boasts a world exclusive: the first ever film of Manchester United.

Episode 1 - Life & Times

The films are discovered by Peter Worden and restored by the BFI's National Archive. The story of Mitchell and Kenyon begins with bustling streets at home and controversial war abroad.

Episode 2 - Sport & Pleasure

For the first time, the British worker starts enjoying new leisure, swelling crowds at football matches at Preston North End, Liverpool and Manchester United. People flock to holidays in Blackpool and to egg tosses at home.

Episode 3 - Saints & Sinners

To conclude this extraordinary series, we see the first ever crime reconstruction film, the success of Mitchell and Kenyon in the USA and the ultimate demise of their partnership.

Extras
* commentary and filmed interview with Vanessa Toulmin of the National Fairground Archive
* voiceover introduction written by film historian Tom Gunning
* featurette on the restoration work by the National Archive
* fully illustrated booklet
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