Mitchell & Kenyon in Ireland / commentary written by Dr. Vanessa Toulmin and read by Fiona Shaw.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Toulmin, Vanessa, screenwriter.

Shaw, Fiona, 1958- narrator.

Brand, Neil, composer.

Buchwald, Günter, composer.

bfi Video Publishing, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mitchell and Kenyon Collection (National Film and Television Archive).

Actualities (Motion pictures)--Ireland--History.

Actualities (Motion pictures).

Motion pictures--Ireland--History.

Motion pictures.

History.

Ireland--Social life and customs.

Ireland.

Manners and customs.

Ireland--History--20th century.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 77 min.) : sound, black and white, ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations, 18 cm)

monochrome

Other Title:

Mitchell and Kenyon in Ireland

Place of Publication:

[London] : BFI Pub., [2005?]

Language Note:

With optional voice-over commentary and subtitles in English.

System Details:

DVD ; PAL format , Region 2 ; aspect ratio 1.33:1 ; stereo.

digital

optical

stereo

PAL

video file

DVD video

region 2

Summary:

Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon roamed England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales filming the everyday lives of people at work and at play.

Contents:

Street scenes. The North. Ride on a tramcar through Belfast (1901) ; Cattle market in Derry (1902) ; Dublin. Congregation leaving Jesuit Church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin (1902) ; Panorama of College Green, Dublin (1902) ; Congregation leaving St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin (1901) ; Wexford. Wexford Railway Station (1902) ; Life in Wexford (1902)

Life in Cork. Ride from Blarney to Cork on Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (1902) ; Panorama of Queenstown Harbour (1902) ; Albert Quay in Cork (1902) ; Tram ride from King Street to Patrick's Bridge, Cork (1902) ; Views of the Grand Parade, Cork (1902) ; Workers leaving Lee Boot Factory-Dwyer & Co. Ltd, Cork (1902) ; Cork Fire Brigade turning out (1902) ; Congregation leaving St Patrick's Church in Cork (1902) ; Congregation leaving St Mary's Dominican Church in Cork (1902) ; Regiments returned from Boer War to Victoria Barracks, Cork (1902)

Cork Exhibition. Preparation of the Cork Exhibition grounds and erection of buildings (1902) ; Panorama of Cork Exhibition grounds (1902) ; Trade procession at opening of Cork Exhibition (1902) ; Arrival of VIPS for official opening of Cork Exhibition (1902) ; Lord Mayor of Cork arriving for official opening of Cork Exhibition (1902) ; The visit of the Duke of Connaught C-I-C forces in Ireland and Prince Henry of Prussia to Cork Exhibition (1902)

Sport. Ambush II at Eyrefield Lodge, Curragh (15 January 1902) ; Sports Day at Queens' College Ground, Cork (7 June 1902) ; Two-oared boat race, Sundays Well, Cork (1902) ; Crews practicing on River lee at Cork Regatta (1902) ; Final of International Cup at Cork Regatta between Leander and Berlin (23 July 1902) ; England v Ireland at Manchester (14 October 1905) ; Wales v Ireland at Wrexham (2 April 1906).

Participant:

Fiona Shaw (narrator).

Credits:

Music by Neil Brand and Günter Buchwald.

OCLC:

213476593

Publisher Number:

5035673007372

BFIVD737 British Film Institute