Catalogue

DVD 1 (1) The Coronation Celebrations in Durham Market Place, 5 September 1902 (British Film Institute, Mitchell & Kenyon Collection) (2) An extract from A Day in the Life of a Miner, 1910 (British Film Institute, National Film Archive) (3) King George V visits the Durham Light Infantry memorial on the western front, 1917 (Imperial War Museum Collection and DLI Museum) (4) The Faithful Durhams laying up of the Inkerman Colours in the Memorial Chapel, Durham Cathedral, 1923 (DLI Museum collection) (5) The Duke & Duchess of York attend the Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary celebrations at Shildon, 1925 (no credit given) (6) Houghton-le-Spring, the Miners' Demonstration, as shown at the Coliseum Cinema, 1927 (Sunderland Museum Collection) (7) Extracts from a film made for the Newcastle exhibition on 'The Manufacture of Carpets by Hugh Mackay & Co. Ltd. in Durham City, 1924 (Courtesy of Michael Richardson) (8) On 27 September 'The Silver Jubilee' train made its first run between London and Edinburgh, it was an event in Durham caught by an amateur cine camera (no credit given) (9) Durham Miners' Gala, 1939 (With thanks to Derek Robson, Liz Treadbury (The Way We Were) and Tyne Tees Television) (10) A very severe winter, 1941 (extracts from a film by courtesy of Edward Kenmuir) [colour] (11) The 1st Gala Since Nationalisation, 1947 (Durham Mining Museum) (12) The Laying Up of the Colours of the DLI at Durham Cathedral, with a procession, 9 July 1950 (no credit given) [colour] (13) Easington Colliery Disaster, 29 May 1951 (no credit given) (14) Extracts from a 40 minute [Durham Miners'] Gala film in colour, filmed by Edward Roberts, a County Council School Inspector, 1951 (Courtesy of Kathleen Hogarth) [colour] (15) 'Bede Day' Fair on the racecourse, Whit Monday 1953

DVD 2 (1) Decorations for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Durham, 1953 (no credit given) [colour] (2) Extract from a 'Keep Britain Tidy Campaign' produced by Durham City Council, Durham Rotary & Durham Round Table, 1953 Includes Market Place traffic and Police traffic box (no credit given) [colour] (3) A very smokey Durham City, manufacturers and businesses in Durham City, 1962 (no credit given) (4) Winter weather stayed around for a long time, 1962/3 (no credit given) [colour] (5) February [Durham] University Rag Week, February 1963 (no credit given) [colour] (6) Autumn [by Durham City riverbanks], 1963 (courtesy of Bill Stones) [colour] (7) 'The Palace' Closes, 1964 Extracts about Bede College Film and Television Department and its Principal Lecturer Mr. Roy Knight, made by Granada Television [colour and black and white] (8) Until the new fish ladders were built, salmon needed some human assistance for their journey upstream, 1965 (no credit given) [colour] (9) A graphic survey of some pubs and hotels by a Bede College film student, 1968 (10) Laying up of the colours of the 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, 1968 (Tyne Tees Television and DLI Museum) (11) Winter Sports, 1969 (Courtesy of Mrs. A.B. Nichols) [colour] (12) Extracts from The Regatta, 1972 (Bede College Film & Television Department) [colour] (13) An extract from 'Traffic' by a Bede College Film and T.V. student, 1974 [colour] (14) Rail 150 at Shildon. A resume of some film records of this major Durham event, 1975 (no credit given) [colour] (15) Extracts from a 'report' by David Bean on a Durham pub game, 1978 (Courtesy of B.B.C. 'Look North' and Northern Film Archive) (16) Extracts from '800 years: A City', 1979 (Filmed by Michael Gough) [colour] (17) The Queen [Elizabeth II] in Durham, 18 November 1991 (Courtesy of Trinity School, Durham) [colour] (18) Unveiling of intercity train named 'Durham Cathedral', 4 May 1993 (no credit given) [colour] (19) 'The Robins Cinema' showed its last films, 5 January 2003 (no credit given) [colour]