Soulcaking at Antrobus

SUMMARY: Every year at Hallwe’en a gang of men from the village of Antrobus in Cheshire perform a traditional play in the pubs and village halls of the neighbourhood. The film shows a performance at the Wheatsheaf, Antrobus on 12th November 1974, and tries to demonstrate what lies behind it

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Credits

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

509987

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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United Kingdom, 1975

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