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Morning in the Streets

Denis Mitchell's 1959 documentary is full of evocative images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.

This BBC film won the award for the best television documentary film in the Italia Prize Contest, 1959.

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35 minutes

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Wed 27 Jul 201100:55
BBC Four

Did You Know?

The film features a shot of graffiti that reads 'Save the Rosenbergs', a reference to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who in 1953 were tried and executed in the United States for espionage on the flimsiest of evidence.

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Credits

DirectorDenis Mitchell
DirectorRoy Harris
Title MusicThomas Henderson

Broadcasts

  • Wed 25 Mar 195921:25
    BBC Television Service
  • Fri 8 Jan 196021:25
    BBC Television Service
  • Thu 19 Jul 196221:25
    BBC Television Service
  • Thu 21 Aug 200820:00
    BBC Four
  • Mon 14 Dec 200919:30
    BBC Four
  • Sun 26 Sep 201019:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 28 Sep 201002:35
    BBC Four
  • Wed 27 Jul 201100:55
    BBC Four

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Working Class Britain Collection

Working Class Britain Collection

This programme is available online as part of the Working Class Britain Collection

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