Product Details

• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kino Video
• VHS Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6302600294
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,392 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars England in the 'Thirties, October 4, 2010

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This review is from: England in the Thirties [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In the absence of info here at Amazon, this is from the Kino Video synopsis: In 1934, [John] Grierson's [filmmaking] group was joined by veteran filmmaker Alberto Cavalcanti, whose quirky, avant-garde influence became immediately evident in GRANTON TRAWLER and PETT AND POTT, a mock morality play. In 1937, Grierson left the GPO [later known as the Crown Film Unit] and Cavalcanti took charge with the production of the seminal NORTH SEA.

To expand a bit more on that bare description: GRANTON TRAWLER, co-directed by John Grierson and Edgar Anstey in 1934, follows a fishing trawler from her home base in Scotland's Granton Harbour up to the fishing grounds between Shetland and Norway. This particular boat was later sunk in a 1941 German bombing raid. PETT AND POTT: A FAIRY STORY OF THE SUBURBS is a 1934 satire directed by Cavalcanti. NORTH SEA, directed by Harry Watt in 1938, is the tale of another fishing trawler. This time the drama is provided by a dangerous storm, and the film praises both the brave fishermen and the government coastal-radio services which help to keep them from harm.

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