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UNKNOWN MIDDLESBROUGH

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WORK ID: NEFA 12147 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
UNKNOWN MIDDLESBROUGH1930 1930-01-01
Details Original Format: 9.5mm
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Silent
Duration: 5 mins 33 secs
Credits: Individuals: Tom H. Brown Organisations: Tees-Side Cine Club
Genre: Home Movie

Subject: ARCHITECTURE



Summary
A short 'quiz'  film by amateur filmmaker Tom H. Brown that invites the audience to guess a number of landmarks in his hometown of Middlesbrough. The film may have been presented at screenings for the Tees-side Cine Club.
Description
A short 'quiz'  film by amateur filmmaker Tom H. Brown that invites the audience to guess a number of landmarks in his hometown of Middlesbrough. The film may have been presented at screenings for the Tees-side Cine Club. In the first section, eleven partial views of local architecture and streets are introduced by intertitles that ask, 'Where was that?' In the second section of the film, the camera reveals more of the building or scene and intertitles identify them as...
A short 'quiz'  film by amateur filmmaker Tom H. Brown that invites the audience to guess a number of landmarks in his hometown of Middlesbrough. The film may have been presented at screenings for the Tees-side Cine Club. In the first section, eleven partial views of local architecture and streets are introduced by intertitles that ask, 'Where was that?' In the second section of the film, the camera reveals more of the building or scene and intertitles identify them as follows: St. Barnabas Road; All Saints Vicarage; the Royal Exchange; St Philomena’s; Middlesbrough High School; Town Hall; Cargo Fleet Road; Dock Clock Tower; the Transporter Bridge; railway crossing; Salvation Army Citadel in Brougham Street. Credit: T.H. Brown Presents Title: Unknown Middlesbrough Title: How Often Have You Strolled Along Blind? Title: No! I Dont Quite Mean That But - Title: Youve Seen These Scenes Often - But Youve Not Noticed Them! Title: How Many Can You Recognize? Title: 1. A man cycles along St. Barnabas Road in Middlesbrough, a street of single storey white cottages. Title: Where Was That? Title: 2. View of the stone, crenelated facade of the All Saints Church Vicarage in Grange Road. Title: Where Is It? Title: 3. Street level view of the grand entrance of the Victorian Royal Exchange Buildings, Albert Road, Middlesbrough. A sign that reads "The Ocean" is placed at an arched window beside the main entrance. Title: Where Is It? Title: 4 View of the large circular stained glass Rose Window above the main entrance to the St Philomena and Sacred Heart Royal Catholic Church, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, and a glimpse of the two towers. Title: 5 View of the clock tower and roof tops of the Victorian Gothic buildings of Middlesbrough High School in Albert Road, Middlesbrough. Title: 6 View of the turreted towers and facade of gable with rose window of the Town Hall in Corporation Road, Middlesbrough. Title: 7 Shot of pre-industrial whitewashed one storey tiled cottages on the cobbled Cargo Fleet Road, Middlesbrough. Title: Where Was That? Title: 8 Vignetted shot of a stationary steam engine with Middlesbrough dock clocktower and industrial landscape in the background. Title: Where Was That? Low angle shot of high span pedestrian walkway of the Transporter Bridge framed against sky. Title: Where Is It? Title: 10 Close-up of decorated cast iron gate post of level crossing closing. Title: Where Is It? Title: 11 View of the top floors of the Salvation Army Citadel, Middlesbrough. Title: Where Was That? Title: Clues Title: 1 Title: St Barnabus Road A man and boy cycle together along St. Barnabas Road in Middlesbrough, a street of single storey white cottages. Title: All Saints Vicarage View of the stone, crenelated facade of the All Saints Church Vicarage in Grange Road, gas light in foreground. Title: 3 Title: Royal Exchange General view of the grand entrance and second floor of the Victorian Royal Exchange Buildings, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, a sign for "The Ocean" at an arched window beside the main entrance. Title: 4 Title: St Philomena's View of the large circular stained glass Rose Window above the main entrance to the St Philomena and Sacred Heart Royal Catholic Church, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, and the two towers. Title: 5 Title: High School View of the clock tower and roof tops of the Victorian Gothic buildings of Middlesbrough High School in Albert Road, Middlesbrough. Pan down to street level view of building, gas lamp and school gate. Title: 6 Title: Town Hall View of the turreted towers and facade of gable with rose window of the Town Hall in Corporation Road, Middlesbrough. Pan down to street level, a sign for "Health" in first storey window. Two men stroll into shot along the street. Title: 7. Title: Cargo Fleet Road. View of the cobbled Cargo Fleet Road, from a row of pre-industrial, whitewashed, one storey, tiled cottages, a foundry(?) with tall industrial chimney behind. Title: 8 Title: Dock Clock View towards the Dock clock tower down a gas lit dockside road with high wall to the Tees river side. A car is parked kerbside and a man walks from beside the car into a building, possibly a pub. Title: 9 Title: Transporter Bridge. Pan down from high span pedestrian walkway of the Transporter Bridge framed against sky to gasometer in foreground. Title: 10 Title: Railway crossing. A steam engine passes by the closed level crossing gate to railway track. A painted advertisement covers the street end wall of a row of buildings across the track, with brand names "Swan Vesta," "Oxo" and "Clayton Bonesetters," a Felling company dealing in patent  medicines. A man in a flat cap and smoking a pipe walks towards the camera, pauses and looks towards the crossing as the train passes. Title: 11 Title: Salvation Army Citadel, Brougham St. Shot of exterior facade of Salvation Army Citadel in Brougham Street, Middlesbrough. Title: The End  
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