Your Heritage: The River Tyne

Your Heritage: The River Tyne 1962 Released

Directed by Tommy Tomlinson

Documentary · 41 min

 

Your Heritage: The River Tyne 1962 Released

Directed by Tommy Tomlinson

Documentary · 41 min

 

As the Cold War bristles with menace in the 60s, the youth at Kielder Workman’s Club celebrate free time with an American dance called the ‘Twist’. But it’s the Faustian pact with industry this brilliant travelogue focuses on first as it maps the path of the River Tyne. The sounds of heavy machinery and graft pitch us into Newcastle’s shipyards and collieries, whilst drugs spin off a machine called Bliss... see more

As the Cold War bristles with menace in the 60s, the youth at Kielder Workman’s Club celebrate free time with an American dance called the ‘Twist’. But it’s the Faustian pact with industry this brilliant travelogue focuses on first as it maps the path of the River Tyne. The sounds of heavy machinery and graft pitch us into Newcastle’s shipyards and collieries, whilst drugs spin off a machine called Bliss... see more
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RUNTIME
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RELEASED
Jan 1, 1962
COUNTRY
US, GB
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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