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A Market town

United Kingdom, 1975

Film
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Aims to show the changing functions and morphology of Sudbury, a market town in East Anglia, England. The film looks at the modern-day aspects of this town and the effects of change on the old town.

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Credits

director

Nigel Rea

production company

Boulton-Hawker Films

Duration

00:13:06:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

505542

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Markets

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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