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01.11.2011 NEW FILM TAKES A SPECIAL LOOK AT THE DUNKIRK EVACUATION: ‘THE ROAD TO DUNKIRK’

On 5th June 1940, Hitler’s sent this message to his armies. “Dunkirk has fallen....with it has ended the greatest battle of world history”. Hitler lived to witness many battles on an even greater scale, all of which culminated in his eventual downfall.
Now, fans of WWII are in for a treat as Timereel Studios releases its latest title The Road to Dunkirk. This is a gripping… Read more

31.10.2011 NEW FILM TACKLES THE BEECHING YEARS: ‘THE END OF STEAM’

Dr Beeching – villain, bogeyman and government stooge. Among the heritage railway movement, he is known as the man who singlehandedly ripped up the railways and left a legacy of destruction.

But is this really so?

Timereel's latest release The End of Steam revisits the 1960s when the railways underwent massive change. This is a thorough and thought provoking overview… Read more

30.10.2011 TIMEREEL RELEASES 2 NEW FILMS about Life in the 1930s: Rags and Riches & A Time Gone By

Economic slumps, European banks collapsing, sovereign debt crises and a coalition government making unpopular cuts...haven’t we been here before?

75 years ago, 200 men marched from Jarrow to London demanding work. It was just one event in an extraordinary decade.

“The parallels between what was happening then and what is taking place today are extraordinary”, says… Read more

24.06.2011 Railways of East Anglia screening at Cinema City, Norwich, 9th & 14th July

Cinema City in Norwich will be screening Railways of East Anglia 1900 - 1980s on Saturday 9th July and Thursday 14th July at 11.30am.

Railways of East Anglia uses original archive footage from the East Anfe-in-easglian Film Archive.

Look back at the days when most villages had a station, and trains carried everything from farm labourers to fruit.

From the days of steam… Read more

23.06.2011 Working the Land - Abbeygate Picturehouse, Bury St Edmunds 30th July & 3rd August

Abbeygate Picturehouse in Bury St. Edmunds will be screening Timereel's popular Working the Land on Saturday 30th July and Wednesday 3rd August at 11.30am.

Working the Land uses original archive footage from the East Anglian Film Archive. Featuring interviews with farmers and labourers, and using rare film from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex, this is an opportunity to look back to an… Read more

15.12.2010 ACTORS TAKE TO LONDON'S STREETS - UPDATE

Following our very successful weekend in Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly, our four actors, dressed as Edwardians, a WWII Soldier and Sgt. Pepper, can be seen above outside the Waterstone's store which took part in our promotion.

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08.12.2010 ACTORS TAKE TO LONDON’S STREETS AS TIMEREEL STUDIOS IS STOCKED IN EUROPE’S LARGEST BOOKSTORE

If you happen to be heading down to the Capital this weekend, you might be forgiven for wondering if the British World War II soldier hanging out at Piccadilly Circus is absent without leave in the wrong time-zone.  Or indeed if Paul McCartney in his Sergeant Pepper outfit is really meant to be strutting around Trafalgar Square as he is?  In fact these, and other characters from… Read more

21.09.2010 RETRO CHIC OF SWINGING SIXTIES LONDON, CELEBRATED ON DVD

 “If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren’t really there.” (Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane)

 Where else can you see original footage from the wedding of Tommy Steele, attended by guests such as Sid James; through to the Small Faces larking around in a Carnaby Street fashion store? 

Life in London during the 1960s is today brought… Read more