In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, set out from Cornwall with the aim of recording life on the road between Land’s End and John O’Groats. Entitled The Open Road, his remarkable travelogue was conceived as a series of shorts, 26 episodes in all, to be shown weekly at the cinema. The result is a fascinating portrait of inter-war Britain, in which town and country, people and landscapes are captured as never before, in a truly unique and rich colour palette.
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John Brown built a tanker called Lumen for Holt Tankers in 1925. The work scaffolding (it was more normally called 'staging' in the yards) was very typical of the sort of work place that was tolerated well into the second half of the 20th Century - no protection rails let alone kick boards. No 'scaftags' and in winter it was icy and dark up there.
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I didn't even realise they had colour film in the 1920's what a wonderful clip.
@MrZambology 2
I used to labour on that yard when i was 16 on a FPSO called the Bleo Holm for a company called Bluewater.. my Da was on the project management team and i worked for an English company called Pipex...Best job i ever had, i miss it so... now its a college.... cant think of a more befitting tribute.
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