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[Cockfield]

1974 , Cockfield (Suffolk)

Cat no. 742

A mute BBC documentary profiling the village of Cockfield, Suffolk.

On the Great Green at Cockfield, Mary Brinkley leans over the gate in front of her flint house, the former station house, talking to Jean Goodman. Jenny Bantoff is filmed around the back of her thatched cottage. Children play at the back of their school and then tend a garden. There are shots of St. Peter's Church. Mr. Ramsey leaves the rectory and tends his roses, growing over a well. There are further shots of the Church and then of Cockfield Hall. Jean Goodman talks to Gillian Hodge outside the Hall and then Gillian Hodge escorts her around the village. Shots include Buttons Green Farm, Old Hall Green and the farmhouse. Four old men, Joe Copping, Dick Dutton, Claud Meekins and Horace Brinkley, sit outside by Cross Green. There are shots if the houses around the green, one of which has become the village shop. A steam traction engine owned by Ken Steward arrives. There is a shot of old agricultural implements lined up on Cross Green, a collection owned by Edward Steward. The film ends with shots of Roundwood Kennels, Winsor Green.

Featured Buildings

St. Peter's Church, Cockfield; Cockfield Hall

Keywords

Steam traction engines; Village life

Background Information

This was one of a series of films made by Jean Goodman for BBC East, entitled An A-Z of East Anglian Villages.The original film would have had a commentary recorded later as 'studio sound.' This has not been preserved.

Manifestations

[Cockfield]

  • Barcode
    INV370455
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:23
    Modification Date
    11/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733722
  • Barcode
    INV373143
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:23
    Modification Date
    11/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733721
  • Barcode
    INV370114
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:23
    Modification Date
    11/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733720
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV322836
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:23
    Modification Date
    30/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    723567
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV371141
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:23
    Modification Date
    02/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    721032
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV??4835
    Canonical Identifier
    A-734
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656254
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV476164
    Canonical Identifier
    B-8133
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    565973
    Sound
    silent
  • Barcode
    INV??3261
    Canonical Identifier
    A-1873
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Colour Type
    bw
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    565298
  • Barcode
    INV??3260
    Canonical Identifier
    A-1874
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Colour Type
    bw
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    565297
  • Barcode
    INV264974
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-225
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:04:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563336

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