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Nation on film

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Nation on film

Package holidays : tells the story of how film was used to promote and record package-tour holidays in the 1960s. As the package break was established, tour operators made promotional films to sell the sun, sea and sand of the continent to a new audience. At the same time holiday-makers, armed with their new home movie kits, were also bringing back images of quaint Mediterranean fishing villages such as Torremolinos ----- Kearton's wildlife : the story of how a farmer's son from Yorkshire became a pioneer of wildlife film-making and star of the silver screen. Cherry Kearton travelled the world from the 1920s in order to capture images cinema audiences had not seen before. Using his own remarkable footage, this documentary explores the work of Britain's first wildlife presenter and film-maker -----Selling cars : tells the story of how film sold the car before television changed everything in a documentary which explores the way early 20th century film makers used sex appeal, the might of manufacturing and lifestyle change to encourage us to buy their product. It charts the growth in sales of the car as well as the downside of increased road deaths and how advertisers responded to this by emphasising safety features of their new vehicles ----- Women's football : tells the story of how the rise and fall of women's football was captured on film. Using professional and amateur archive, the documentary reveals how a group of World War One munitions workers from Preston became international celebrities. Dick Kerr Ladies were unofficially crowned the Women's England football team but did their success lead to their controversial downfall? In 1921 the FA outlawed the women's game, banning it from football league grounds for 50 years -----Flying with Cobham : the story of one trail-blazing pilot in the 1920s and his mission to get the British public airborne. Alan Cobham sought every available means to achieve his goal, and moving footage became a vehicle for his propaganda. This documentary uses rare footage of his crusade to discover whether it succeeded or not ----- The Ramsden Collection : the story of a newly-discovered amateur archive that sheds new light on life in post-war Britain. For 20 years, husband and wife Betty and Cyril Ramsden recorded the world around them, capturing middle-class life in the north of England. Their rich celluloid legacy challenges the cliched view of 50s Britain as a decade of dreariness

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