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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Cotton Village Fete 1972
Funfair rides, Punch and Judy, and competitions for the young and young-at-heart at Cotton Village Fete, Suffolk in 1972.
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Mid-Suffolk resident Keith Bullock captures Cotton Village Fete in 1972. There are funfair rides, a jumble sale, competitions - tug o' war and a coconut shy, Punch and Judy for the young ones, and clay pigeon shooting for the elders. The filmmaker captured the fete four years previously in 1968.
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