Books by David Cleveland
Films Were Made
A look at films and film makers
in the East of England
1896-1996
through films in the East Anglian Film Archive
at the University of East Anglia.
Volume 1: The Region At Work
(published 2009)
With chapters on early films made in the region (the first was 1896), and Industry, Farming, The Coast, Wartime, and Transport, this book looks at films made that reflect the working region over a hundred year period. There is also a chapter on the coming of regional television (BBC East and Anglia) and the effect this had on the people of the region and the use of motion picture film by these broadcasters from 1959 to almost the end of the century.
Hardback A4 size, 282 pages, 422 illustrations (28 of which are in colour)
ISBN 978-0-9558271-2-9
Price £27. Postage and packing £3
To order please send cheque for £30 made out to David Cleveland to
David Cleveland
Manningtree
C011 1AJ
Also
Films Were Made
A look at films and film makers
in the East of England
1896-1996
through films in the East Anglian Film Archive
at the University of East Anglia.
Volume 2: Local History
(published 2011)
Volume 2 of ‘Films Were Made’ looks at how films that were made in the East of England reflect local, county, regional, and national history. Here, in the East Anglian Film Archive, is a rich source for the historian and researcher about the way we lived, worked, and behaved, and the development of the East of England during the 20th century, recorded on motion picture film - a unique collection covering all types of film making across the region.
There are chapters on Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as on Educational Films, Sponsored Films, At the Cinema, Making Films At Home, etc.
Hardback A4 size, 352 pages, 500 illustrations (18 of which in colour)
ISBN 978-0-9558271-3-6
Price £27. Postage and packing £3
To order please send cheque for £30 made out to David Cleveland to
David Cleveland
Manningtree
C011 1AJ
Special 35mm motion picture films show
"At The Picture Palace a Century Ago"
A unique 35mm film show recreating what it was like to go to the pictures 100 years ago.
with live piano accompaniment
Presented by David Cleveland and Nigel Lister
A very special presentation running 90 minutes showing what audiences were seeing between 1907 and 1912, with examples of comedy, animation, news, and drama, all shown on a restored silent Gaumont Chrono 35mm motion picture projector that was used in the cinema in Southwold, Suffolk.
For more information contact
David Cleveland
Manningtree
C011 1AJ
Other shows in the series include:
Colour Comes To The Movies
Films with colour from 1896 to 1913, including a unique demonstration of Kinemacolor, the first successful "natural colour" process of 1909, all shown on a restored Ernemann projector.
Talking Pictures
Films with sound began at the beginning of the 20th century, and with examples of test films and short distributed films of the 1920s, this presentation looks principally at the period from 1926 to 1930.
The films are shown on a restored Simplex portable sound projector of 1931
Lets Wait and See The Pictures
This show looks at the first movies and the developments that took place between 1896 and 1914, with films that were shown in the music halls, fairgrounds, and the first electric cinemas.
The show includes comedies, fantasy, travel, and topical films of the time, together with a film on censorship!
Note:- The contents of the programmes might change
Books
MANNINGTREE
AND MISTLEY
The people, the trades, and industries
past and present
by
David Cleveland
The town of Manningtree and the village of Mistley in North Essex are busy places, one with a variety of shops and services, the other with industry and shipping. The histories of the two places have been closely intertwined, and today it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.
Situated by the tidal estuary of the River Stour, with fine views across to Suffolk fields and woodland, Manningtree and Mistley are magical places. This book takes a gentle look at these two places, with fragments of history, stories of the past, and the life and work of Manningtree and Mistley today.
MANNINGTREE AND MISTLEY is a new, updated, added to, and revised edition of a book first published in 2007.
With over one hundred and sixty new photographs, both old and new, and a tour of Manningtree and Mistley noting the shops and businesses, this new version records what life in Manningtree and Mistley is like today, with more stories and information of past industries and present people.
Published 2012 by, and available from:
David Cleveland
Manningtree
C011 1AJ
Price £12.50
Post and packing £2.50
Also this book
Manningtree Station
By David Cleveland
A look at the railway station at Manningtree, Essex, in 2007
, with reminiscences, photographs and history of former times.Includes in the back a DVD of a film of the station in 1979 and electrification of the Norwich line in 1987.
Hardback, 80 pages, 66 illustrations in colour and black and white
ISBN 978-0-9558271-0-5
Price £15. Post and Packing £2
To order please send cheque for £17 made out to David Cleveland to
David Cleveland
Manningtree
C011 1AJ
also available:
Stour Secrets
By Ken Rickwood
An Exploration of the estuary between Essex & Suffolk
Softback 236 pages, over 200 illustrations in black and white
ISBN 978-0-9558271-1-2
Price £10. Post and Packing £1.50
To order please send cheque for £11.50 made out to David Cleveland to
David Cleveland, Manningtree, C011 1AJ