Voyage through time with Newcastle on Film
HEAD TO THE TYNESIDE CINEMA NEXT WEEK TO SEE RARE NORTH EAST ARCHIVE FILM FOOTAGE
IT’S back. If you live in, work in, know and love Tyneside then don’t miss the opportunity to be part of the Newcastle on Film event at the Tyneside Cinema next Wednesday, August 31.
From the building of the new Tyne Bridge to the bustling Quayside Market, shipbuilding success stories to Saturday nights out at the Majestic, Newcastle on Film will take you on a journey through the decades.
The rarely seen footage spanning over a century - captures the sights, sounds, faces, places, changing landscapes and industries, great events and everyday lives of people on Tyneside – all revealed through the work of the North East Film Archive.
Graham Relton, North East Film Archive manager, said: “The Newcastle on Film events are becoming increasingly popular. This is the seventh time we’ve presented the feature at the Tyneside Cinema since late last year.
“It’s a great chance for the people of Newcastle, and Tyneside in general, to see themselves and their city reflected on film - how we went to work, how we spent our leisure time, how Newcastle has grown and changed over the last 100 years. The biggest challenge to curating the screenings has been what to leave out!
“The journey begins in the earliest days of filmmaking - in 1901, the Newcastle Fire Brigade turned out – but where are they? That’s for the audience to tell us!”
Shortly after that, thanks to the British Film Institute, we have scenes from a Suffragette demonstration at Newcastle in 1909, followed by early footage of The Hoppings on the Town Moor, and highlights from the Newcastle Amateur Cinematographers Association collection.
But it’s not all about the early years of the last century. Newcastle on Film speeds us through the 1950s when Newcastle United returned with the FA Cup, and when, for families of the time, a classic day out was going to the beach at Whitley Bay.
There are also Newcastle nightclubs in the 1960s and 70s, and by the 1980s people’s journeys into work were changing with the arrival of the Metro.
Throw in some classic Tyne Tees news pieces featuring famous faces - and there is guaranteed to be something for everyone who loves Tyneside, including a lesson in how to “Larn Yersel Geordie”. Chris Scott, Marketing Manager of Tyneside Cinema, said: “After our sell-out screenings late last year and earlier this year, we’re delighted to bring back this fantastic archive film journey of Newcastle across the decades from the collections of the North East Film Archive, specially
The biggest challenge in curating the screenings has been what to leave out! Graham Relton
■■Newcastle On Film takes place at the Tyneside Cinema next Wednesday, August 31, at 6.30pm in the Classic venue.
Tickets for the event range from £5 to £9, and are available from www.tynesidecinema.co.uk , by calling 0191 227 5500, or in person at the Tyneside Cinema box office.
Tyneside Cinema is located at 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle.
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Visit NEFA’s website at www. northeastfilmarchive.com ■■Watch the ‘Newcastle on Film’ trailer on ChroniceLive.