
Your Heritage: The River Tyne
1962 Directed by Tommy TomlinsonAs the Cold War bristles with menace in the 60s, the youth at Kielder Workman’s Club celebrate free time with an American dance called the ‘Twist’. But it’s the Faustian pact with industry this brilliant travelogue focuses on first as it maps the path of the River Tyne. The sounds of heavy machinery and graft pitch us into Newcastle’s shipyards and collieries, whilst drugs spin off a machine called Bliss in Winthrop Laboratories’ production-slick war against pain.
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Director
...........................................................Tommy Tomlinson
Producer
...........................................................George Adams
Leslie Barratt
Writer
...........................................................Tony Hutchinson
Camera Operator
...........................................................Fred Thomas
Editor
...........................................................Peter Dunbar
Sound
...........................................................Ray Hole
Production Companies
...................................................Tyne Tees Television
Production Countries
........................................................United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Documentary
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