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VOLUME 3 Forest Heritage (1952, B&W, 21 mins)

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A portrait of the landscape, people and traditions of the New Forest in the 1950s.

 

Forest Heritage is a poetic portrait of life in the New Forest in the 1950s. 

 

The cinematography by Roy Layzell, music by Clifton Parker and commentary by John Snagge combine to make this a gem amongst the documentary ‘shorts’ of the period. 

 

It was commissioned by the Esso Petroleum Company in 1952, just as they were establishing a new refinery on the eastern edge of the New Forest at Fawley, but Forest Heritage is entirely concerned with the natural beauty and traditions of the area: ‘A place out of this modern world where simple pleasures are enough - a miraculous survival of pre-Norman England’.

 

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New Forest Films now on DVD

For the first time ever, some rarely seen New Forest films have been put onto DVD and are available from the New Forest Centre. 

They retail at £8 and can be ordered here.


Sponsored by ExxonMobil, these are the first three volumes of what we hope will become a longer series of local history film releases:

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