North East Film Archive

I recently saw the film A River Speaks, which in 18 mins covers the Tyne in the mid 1950s from rural Hexham to sandy North Sea shore, & is narrated by Flora Robson (1902-84), born in South Shields.

Industrial scenes from A River Speaks 

There are many interesting films available by searching the North East Film Archive (NEFA), such as:

The Coast of Commerce - 1962 - Tyne Tees TV production including Whitby, Saltburn, Harlepool, & core sampling for coal mining off South Shields, 27 mins

Men of Consett - 1959 - documentary about Consett, its location, people & steelworks, 27 mins

North East - Land of Opportunity - 1964 - NEDC promotion of the NE, 27 mins

Tyneside Story - 1944 - MoI propaganda drama showing restart of shipyards during WWII, 14 mins

Sunderland Transport - 1955 - film by Turners for Sunderland Corporation Transport, as trams give way to motor buses, 26 mins

Building the Tyne Bridge - 1928 - Dorman Long promotion, 32 (of 43) mins