Stoke on Film 1900 - 1930

Stoke on Film 1900 - 1930This collection of archive films and interviews from Staffordshire Film Archive represents films shown at local picture houses then cinemas from 1900 to the end of the heyday of silent cinema. Many show lots of local people who were encouraged to come and see themselves on the silver screen. These new prints were made from films discovered and preserved by Ray Johnson at the Archive and are the earliest moving images of this area. There is film of a

tyre testing at Michelin in 1932 and Stanley Matthews at Stoke City

stock and locations

Dorling and Leigh in Middlepport – where it is still printing designs today

1900-1930”)

Phoenix Singers

then take a steam train trip from Stoke to Longton and then join a Longton school on a train trip to London in the 1940s

Keith achieved this feat to raise funds for the Donna Lousie Trust

who also comment through the film

Collector Peter Davis shows his large collection of Homemaker and ceramicist Helen Johannesen pays tribute with her design “YoYoMaker” from her design range – showing her modern ‘take’ on the design

and some successful modern firms and individual ceramicists are featured

societies and sports activities - and all aspects of community life

Commentary and Soundtrack Composer: JEFF KENT