378546
378546

Your Heritage: The River Tyne

1962-01-01 en 41m
Documentary
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 in Winthrop Laboratories’ production-slick war against pain.

Camera Operator

Fred Thomas

Researcher

Tony Kysh

Producer

Leslie Barratt

Sound

Ray Hole

Director

Tommy Tomlinson

Writer

Tony Hutchinson

northern england england travelogue

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Tyne Tees Television