A Taste of History on Film: Lunchtime Archive Show
UK, 2000.
90 mins.
'Bon Appétit' is an appetising menu of amateur and professional archive films drawn from Upper Normandy and the East of England. On the menu, French bread and traditional butter, Cambridgeshire jam, Neufchatel cheese, oysters , cockles and other shellfish, eels from the fens and Essex coast - all washed down with Suffolk beer or refreshing Normandy cider. Also tuck in to a feast of films from the BFI National Archive - OLD MAN DRINKING A GLASS OF BEER (1897), Lewis Carroll-inspired food hygiene tips in ALICE IN LABEL LAND (1974) a VISIT TO PEEK FREAN AND COMPANY'S BISCUIT WORKS (1906), fishermen catching herrings along the East Anglian coast in DRIFTERS (1929) and enjoy a slice of cake at MARY’S BIRTHDAY (1951), Lotte Reiniger’s splendid animation.
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Wednesday 22 September, 1:00PM
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