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Spare Time

Period & History • Documentary, UR

Humphrey Jennings epitomises the artist-filmmaker and this poetic evocation of ordinary people enjoying well-earned time away from the mill, mine, or foundry is a forerunner to Jennings' later wartime greats such as Listen to Britain. Joyous shots of people either pigeon fancying, ballroom dancing or swigging a pint down the local in in Sheffield, Manchester, Bolton and Pontypridd are edited with grace and surrealism-infused wit.

Tags
Brass bands, Darts, Wrestling
Cast
Laurie Lee Commentator
Crew
Humphrey Jennings director

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