Your Heritage: The River Tyne

Synopsis

As the Cold War bristles with menace in the 60s, the youth at Kielder Workman’s Club celebrate free time with an American dance called the ‘Twist’. But it’s the Faustian pact with industry this brilliant travelogue focuses on first as it maps the path of the River Tyne. The sounds of heavy machinery and graft pitch us into Newcastle’s shipyards and collieries, whilst drugs spin off a machine called Bliss in Winthrop Laboratories’ production-slick war against pain.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Tommy Tomlinson
Production	Producer	Leslie Barratt George Adams
	Researcher	Tony Kysh
Writing	Writer	Tony Hutchinson
Editing	Editor	Peter Dunbar
Camera	Camera Operator	Fred Thomas
Sound	Sound	Ray Hole
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