Stoke on Film 1900-1930. DOWNLOAD version

Stoke on Film 1900-1930. DOWNLOAD versionThis collection of archive films and interviews from Staffordshire Film Archive represents films shown at local picture houses then cinemas from 1900 to the end of the heyday of silent cinema. Many show lots of local people who were encouraged to come and see themselves on the silver screen. These new prints were made from films discovered and preserved by Ray Johnson at the Archive and are the earliest moving images of this area. There is film of a

this amateur film was made in Cinemascope by director Bill Townley over a period of three years as a tribute to a local hero he felt had been neglected

It builds understanding and respect for both older people as former workers and members of the former mining community

There are five parts:

the woodsman and other individuals

Many riders had gained their expertise while serving in the army

the aftermath of local bombing raids

Part 4: PARIS: THE OLD WIVES’ TALE and THE CARD sees him living in Paris

This collection of many films shows the changing face of the Potteries and surrounding area in the 1960s with insight from informative interviews with John Abberley

This is a digitised version by Ray Johnson of Staffordshire Film Archive of the feature-length drama filmed and produced by Bill Townley in the 1960s

Archive film footage and reminiscence chart the commercial developments of Trentham Gardens from the 1930s to today

The history of Leyland Trucks and Buses

Then we see the first production models on the road around Leyland and Preston prior to taking the 1968 Commercial Motor Show by storm