Barging through London
1924 film of a barge travelling from the Regent’s Canal Dock through London – made as part pf the Wonderful London series
Barging Through London (Again)
A Somewhere Film by Nina Pope with music by Tim & Matthew Olden.
Originally commissioned in 2011 by UP Projects for The Floating Cinema. Barging Through London was made in 1924 by Harry B. Parkinson. With thanks to Huntley Film Archives
The Barge Fellows
Studies on the Regent’s Canal: 1926
1937 Grand Union Canal
Film of the Dock in action and the Cut in Stepney, Haggerston, City Road Basin, Islington Tunnel up to Birmingham
1948: Two amateur films of boat trips from the Regent’s Canal Dock with thanks to Fran Pomerand
Cario and Warwick 2 shows Sonia and George Rolt on a working trip from Limehouse Docks to Birmingham
1975: The canal from Camden to Islington with images of locations today by Burl Solomans
2014: Waterfolk fun film by Up Projects for children and all ages about bugs that live in the Regent’s Canal water
From same series showing City Road Lock and Basin
1975: The canal from Camden to Islington with images of locations today by Burl Solomans
2014: Waterfolk fun film by Up Projects for children and all ages about bugs that live in the Regent’s Canal water
2020: In its 200th year, Canal Connections gives a snapshot of the canal and the shared appreciation of it across communities in Tower Hamlets
2020: Young Actors Theatre Islington film for Islington Canal Heritage, made with local young people during lockdown. It centres around the play we commissioned from by playwright Linda Wilkinson and is adapted, produced and directed by Asha Cornelia Cluer
Leonardo De Vinci’s 1497 lock design is shown to be remarkably similar to the locks used in the modern day
