The Singing Street (1951)
- Directed by
- Nigel McIsaac, Raymond Townsend, James Ritchie
- Genre
- documentary, music
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Teachers in 1950s Edinburgh film their students playing street games and singing traditional songs. The short movie captures a childhood culture that would soon disappear.
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What happens
"The Singing Street", is a short film made in 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland and first shown in 1951. It was created by a group of teachers from Norton Park School, who filmed some of their pupils playing street games, accompanied by traditional children's songs, at various locations in the city. It documented an oral tradition which has all but vanished in the decades since it was made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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