The Milk Churns that Rewrote Film History
Three humble milk churns discovered in a Blackburn basement in 1994 held a significant secret: hundreds of rolls of 35mm nitrate film from 1899 to 1913.
These films, created by Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, offer a glimpse into Edwardian Britain. After being donated to the BFI National Archive in 2000, a five-year restoration project began.
‘see yourself as others see you’
The project revealed a thriving early 20th century industry of local, non-fiction filmmaking, with Mitchell and Kenyon touring northern and central England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, making films for travelling showmen.
The BFI archivists successfully restored the films, achieving superb image quality from the original negatives.
Author's summary: Milk churns hide film history.
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