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The Shipping Forecast Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 330 seconds The BBC Radio 4 shipping forecast, a British institution and still relevant for today's mariners. I find the narration has a hypnotizing quality, and I hope this film translates that feeling. The shipping forecast is broadcast on BBC Radio 4, three times a day. Related: bbc, forecast, palace, peoples, radio, shipping |
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End of the Reel (Super 8 Film) Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 227 seconds Short film about the end of Super 8 Kodachrome film processing. Super 8 film was used extensively for home movies and reached its peak in the 1960's and 1970's. Allegedly, since this film was made Kodak have re-opened the Kodachrome factory due to public demand... Related: 8mm, camera, cine, eight, film, kodachrome, kodak, palace, peoples, super |
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Behind the Iron Curtain Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 244 seconds Behind the Iron Curtain. Some holiday clips from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and East Germany cobbled together to create a pastiche of the western perception of life behind the Iron Curtain before the end of the Cold War, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. I made this one in 2006. Related: cccp, cold, communism, communist, curtain, iron, palace, peoples, soviet, union, ussr, war |
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Disappearing Deco Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 232 seconds Short film featuring some examples of art deco architecture in London. Some of the buildings in this film are not listed, and many art deco buildings are still at risk of demolition. In memory of the Firestone Building. Related: architecture, art, deco, london, palace, peoples |
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Going Underground Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 247 seconds Going Underground - quick journey across London on the London Underground, or the tube as it is largely referred to by Londoners - the first underground railway in the world. Features 1972 stock on the Bakerloo Line and 1995 stock on the Northern Line. Related: bakerloo, going, london, northern, palace, peoples, tube, underground |
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Shipbuilding Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 327 seconds Visual recollection of some of the problems faced in the first half of the 1980's dealing with the economic and social changes in the Britain during Margaret Thatcher's rule. Related: conservative, falklands, labour, miners, palace, party, peoples, robert, shipbuilding, strike, thatcher, unemployment, wyatt |
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Dazzle Ships (DS4) Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 155 seconds Dazzle Ships. Submarine dramatisation from 1981 set to audio soundscape from 1983. Related: dazzle, omd, palace, peoples, ships, submarine |
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Time Zones (DS3) Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 132 seconds Time Zones. An attempt to make logical sense of the abstract concept of different time zones in different parts of the world. The sound collage is from 1983. Related: dazzle, omd, palace, peoples, ships, time, zones |
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Modern Architecture - Out of Time Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 221 seconds Short film featuring modern architecture from the 1960's and 1970's in London and beyond. Some of the buildings still look fresh today, others less so. Pimlico School, a great piece of modern architecture featured in this film is currently facing demolition. Related: architecture, design, london, modern, palace, peoples |
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Radio Prague (DS1) Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 109 seconds A strange film featuring Radio Prague, or Radio Praha, in Czechoslovakia as it was then. The Radio Prague sound recording is from 1983. Related: ceskoslovensko, czechoslovakia, dazzle, omd, palace, peoples, prague, praha, radio, ships |
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Underground Deco Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 220 seconds Short film featuring art deco architecture from the London Underground network. The tube as it is know to Londoners has some of the best art deco design in Britain. Related: architecture, art, deco, london, palace, peoples, tube, underground |
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Life on Mars Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 256 seconds Life on Mars. A quick look at social and political history in Britain during the early seventies. Inspired by the excellent BBC TV series, and of course the excellent record by David Bowie. I made this one back in 2006. Related: bbc, bowie, david, history, life, mars, on, palace, peoples, politics, society, tv |
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Swiss Radio International (DS5) Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 79 seconds "In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." The sound excerpt is from Swiss Radio International, 1982. Related: dazzle, international, omd, palace, peoples, radio, ships, swiss |
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Whatever Happened to Me? Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 88 seconds Short stop motion animation about the passing of time and coming of age, using the theme to the 1974 BBC comedy 'Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads'. Related: lads, likely, palace, peoples |
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Tour de France - London Prologue Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 171 seconds The London Prologue time trials from the Tour de France 2007, which commenced in London. The Tour de France prologue took place around the West End and Westminster on 7 July, with the Grande Depart on the 8 July setting off from Greenwich to Canterbury. Related: de, france, london, palace, peoples, prologue, tour |
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Frankie Machine - Gyproque (Plans and Apologies remix) Posted by: ThePeoplesPalace
Video duration: 154 seconds The Frankie Machine track Gyproque, remixed by Plans and Apologies. For more info: www.frankiemachin e.com www.plansandapolo gies.com Both Frankie Machine and Plans and Apologies come from the East Midlands city of Derby, UK. Related: apologies, bulgaria, frankie, machine, military, palace, peoples, plans, sofia |
