Classic TV - Windmill Interlude Film

In the 1950's the BBC shot a series of short films which became as famous as the programme they were shown between. This is "The Windmill", filmed at Pakenham, Bury St Edmunds. Probably the most famous interlude was "The Potters Wheel."

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Film & Animation

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• BBC
• Classic
• TV
• Film
• Interlude
• Windmill
• Gerald
• Jackson
• 1950's

[teledynepost]

is the music published somewhere?

[rover1404]

sorry to say I don't know ... but very English and rather nice!

[erol4130]

its called pakenham not packenham

[rover1404]

thanks for your info - I'll correct that

[TheSeventieschick]

love this one but there used to be one that featured a trip round some sort of early technology centre, can't remember if it was on BBC or ITV just that my Grandma would have it on before the main channel started. I remember there were some telephones featured and a frog that said Hicker van Dicker.... I think the programme was called something like epolevon???

[synchrofish1962]

I remember watching this round my Nan's in the Sixties on a Pye TV. Recently fpund this recording on The Golden Age of Light Music - Scenic Grandeur.

[synchrofish1962]

I remember watching this round my Nans in the Sixties on a Pye TV. Recently fpund this recording on The Golden Age of Light Music - Scenic Grandeur.

[jfm8751]

AH YES, IM A YANK THAT LIVED NEAR HERE IN THE 70'S.

[gramule]

@Markgcr yes, so evocative. well spotted

[victorialucas38]

@sally12394

It sounds like you're referring to the BBC trade test colour films shown on BBC2 in the 60s & early 70s; the petrol station one was Italian, called 'Giuseppina', and is (or was) available on You Tube, as is the best of the bunch, 'The Home Made Car'. Have a look and see if they're still on. Worth checking out!

[sally12394]

i recall shorts or interludes in the 70's, maybe late 60's, one showing the life in a day at a French Petrol station, vaguely another showing a tropical country where a girl steps on a barbed fish. Do you happen to know anything about these and where they might still be viewed?

[405liner]

All these interludes were atmospheric, with lovely music.

[Poldweia]

My Great Grandfather, Amos Clarke, a Millwright, was instrumental in restoring this mill in 1950. So this is a thrill for me to see it working.

[vidpop]

Brilliant.