Journey Into History

Journey Into History

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1952

Runtime

0h 11m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Journey Into History

Production Companies

British Transport Films

Director

Alexander Shaw

Description

In the cities of Britain we can travel in time as well as space. This film chooses the England of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Robert Adam and Captain Cook. As the camera moves across outstanding monuments of their work and relics of their achievements from Syon House to Greenwich, members of the Old Vic Company speak appropriate passages from the literature of the mid-eighteenth century. The musical score was specially composed by the late Sir Arnold Bax.