A film about the elements that created the factory system, the buildings that housed it, and the social changes that it generated - a story told by the industrial architecture of the East Midlands, the area in which the first factories were built.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001555
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Factories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industry - History
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industry - Social aspects
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture and society
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Industry - Social aspects
History → Great Britain - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)