Winter Wonderland

Summary

A film shot by Ken Allen that shows Halesown under snow during the Christmas of 1957.

Year:

1957

Duration:

0:04:34

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Master format:

8mm

Description

The film begins with cars travelling along untreated roads. Two men struggle towards the camera in deep snow and then we see a sign: 'Borough of Halesowen - Cycling on this Towpath is Strictly Forbidden', a pan to an impassable path covered in snow makes the shot a visual joke. After shots of a wood under snow we return to the urban environment where people walk along the centre of the road where it is safer and a bus struggles to get traction on an icy Dudley Road.


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