Fenlands (film)

Fenlands
Directed byKen Annakin
CinematographyPeter Hennessy
Edited byPeter Scott
Production
company
Release date
  • 1945 (1945)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Fenlands is a 1945 British short documentary film directed by Ken Annakin for the Ministry of Information's Pattern of Britain series.[1][2] It documents the Fenlands of East Anglia, and their change from swamplands to farmlands.[3]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This is a most interesting, well-directed and photographed film which gives a clear picture of this part of the country. Parts of the commentary are spoken by a farmer and fen-workers in a way which adds to the film's reality. This is a film which is both instructive and enjoyable."[4]

Kine Weekly wrote: "Opening with diagrammatic maps of the Fen district, this highly interesting documentary traces the history of East Anglia's marshlands from their original reclamation by Dutch engineers to their present-day status as a first-class agricultural area. It lays stress on the continuous battle with Nature. Entertaining short with educational values."[5]

References

  1. ^ "Fenlands". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Fenlands (1945)". Archived from the original on 25 May 2018.
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Fenlands (1945)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Fenlands". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 13 (145): 76. 1 January 1946 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Fenlands". Kine Weekly. 351 (2039): 25. 16 May 1946 – via ProQuest.