The East Anglian Film Archive, the first and largest Regional Film Archive in England, was established in 1976. Since 1984, EAFA has been owned and operated by the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UEA), to support research and work to preserve our moving image heritage. More than 250 hours are freely available online as examples of the wide range of film which attracts interest the world over.
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Where is our sense of civic pride? Brentwood Civic Society encourage its citizens to take an interest… illustrated with pen tops and sugar cubes as substitute model landmarks.
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With the aid of a model high street - dominoes substitue for a multi-storey, a pen top for St. Thomas' Church - Denis Neale illustrates the changes being made to Brentwood Town Centre, including a few eyesores. Produced for Brentwood Civic Society, to encourage a sense of civic pride amongst its citizens, the film shows many traditional independent stores and some of the bigger chain supermarkets to argue its point, incidentally highlighting the retail culture of 1970.
Made and narrated by Denis Neale for the Brentwood Civic Trust, whilst working at Ilford Ltd. Sadly, the sound quality is poor, with the commentary at times inaudible. Shot on Super 8 colour film, the sound would have been recorded by microphone and added later. Denis was Engineering Manager at Ilford Ltd's Research Laboratory in Brentwood, Essex. He was a brilliantly inventive engineer and held a very large number of patents relating to electronic and photographic matters. In addition to the many commissioned films he produced, including those for Brentwood Civic Society, he also made many home movies.
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