About the film
A tour of Tideswell, Derbyshire, showing its limestone hills, its church and buildings, and the locals who work in the quarry.
NOTE: This film has a French soundtrack.
Details
- Release year
- 1944
- Director
- A. Reginald Dobson
- Production company
- G.B. Instructional
- Cinematographer
- Jack Parker
- Running time (minutes)
- 09 mins 46 secs
- Supervisor
- G.J. Cons
Original Description
'This film describes an upland settlement, Tideswell in the Derbyshire hills. Tideswell is built of local limestone, and many of its inhabitants work in neighbouring stone quarries. A hillside stream supplies power for the mills. Farms are mixed, but there is less arable land than pasture; sheep and cattle thrive on the upland pasture.'
(Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1946)
Trivia
- The quarry featured in the film is now the Miller’s Dale Quarry nature reserve.
- Working titles for the film included ‘Upland Settlement’ or ‘Upland Village’, in keeping with other films in the ‘Human Geography’ series, such as Lowland Village and Coastal Village.
