Lincolnshire A Century on Film – Reel 1 A New Century

DVD PAL

The Lincolnshire Film Archive has
launched a series of DVDs showing life
and
work in the historic county throughout
the 20th century. Town and country,
work and play, wealth and poverty,
peace and war, youth and age. You’ll
find them all here, preserved on motion
picture film.

Reel One – A New Century

Covers the century’s early years, with
film dating back to as early as 1901.
Grimsby trawlermen bringing home their
catch, hats and dresses to die for —
1904 style, vintage motor cars and
horse-drawn traffic in Lincoln;
quarrymen working entirely by hand, but
proud of their steam-driven lorry;
industry that led the world with
products designed and built in
Lincolnshire, like the first
caterpillar tracked vehicles and
pioneering packaging machinery. There
are royal visits, coronation and Empire
Day celebrations; Great War recruitment
and early aviation, Isaac Newton’s
bicentenary, early Lincolnshire Shows,
all the fun of the fair and seaside
holidays; a children’s party in the
1920s, and bathing the baby in a small
tin tub.

And it’s true what people say about the
old days; things really were different
then. The policemen were actually
taller, holiday-makers wore their best
suits on the beach, and an aeroplane
used to be something you could pick up
and carry.

• Running Time 60 mins approx
• PAL DVD