Coventry on Film or TV

I think this documentary on C5 is new. Coventry cathedrals feature at 18 min in here.

This is only available from within the UK.

Here is an amateur film from 1960. Lots of nostalgia City centre plus

What a lovely film, took me back, I would have been about 12 then

An interesting (but sometimes sad) BBC film that has been added to their Archive YouTube channel - 1961: Coventry - 21 Years After the Blitz | Target City | Voice of the People | BBC Documentary There are some really interesting snippets of film of the damaged City plus it sometimes takes old footage like this to make me realise there is actually a Coventry accent

This is absolutely fascinating from many viewpoints. Not just as a record of what Coventry and its people looked like 64 years ago but social history as a whole (ah, the 'Common Market', even then a contentious subject). I'm so grateful it's been preserved, bearing in mind how many valuable BBC programmes have been lost over the years. Incidentally I have a very interesting article in a Sunday Times magazine commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Blitz and that stated how empty the city centre was after nightfall, it described the Round Restaurant in the Lower Precinct (now a Caffe Nero) as a goldfish bowl. I must dig it out so that I can quote from it more accurately.

For those interested, I have just noticed that 'Talking Pictures TV' has a Film/Programme on Thursday 30th April at 12.35pm entitled 'Pete Murray takes you to Coventry' filmed in 1983, it states, 'See the beautiful sights and fascinating scenes of Coventry as Pete Murray travels through this historical City'. Worth setting up the Planner I think

Here are some more details: https://www.baimfilms.com/the-collection/film-scripts?view=a.... Happy Easter everyone!