The Open Road

01/01/1926

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1hr 4min

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Documentary

STORY

In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, set out from Cornwall with the aim of recording life on the road between Land’s End and John O’Groats. Entitled The Open Road, his remarkable travelogue was conceived as a series of shorts, 26 episodes in all, to be shown weekly at the cinema. The result is a fascinating portrait of inter-war Britain, in which town and country, people and landscapes are captured as never before, in a truly unique and rich colour palette.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Norman Swan

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • BFI

      Production Countries

    • United Kingdom

    LANGUAGES

    • No Language

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