Your Heritage: The River Tyne

Overview

As 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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1962

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Tyne Tees Television

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded