Presenting the BFI and English Folk Dance & Song Society’s new DVD compilation ‘Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow’ – a 65 minute programme of rare and beautiful folk films from the BFI National Archive and Regional Film Archives showing some of the UK rich traditions of folk music, dance, customs and sport. Highlights include Doc Rowe’s speedy sword dancing film, the extraordinary Burry Man of West Lothian and the fascinating ‘Oss Oss Wee Oss’ by Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy filmed in 1953 about Padstow’s Mayday celebrations.
Oss Oss Wee Oss. Alan Lomax & Peter Kennedy (1953) © BFI
The event Archive Film – Past, Present and Future is part of awen productions cic’s The Tre Project – Rediscovering Cornwall & Isles of Scilly through Archive Film funded by HLF & Feast.
Following the films, a Q&A session with Will Fowler (BFI), Doc Rowe (Folklorist), Barbara Santi (Director, awen productions cic) and a member of the Old Oss Party (Padstow May Day) will explore archive – its past, present and future and how communities can play an essential link in preserving culture and heritage.
Suitable for all ages. Saturday 5th November 2011. 4.45pm Lighthouse Cinema, Newquay
Entry : £5 or free if a festival weekend ticket holder.
For more info http://cornwallfilmfestival.com/
‘The Barley Mow’
Archive Folk Film Programme
The Barley Mow
A selection of films made between 1912 and 2003 from the BFI National Archive and Regional Film Archives showing some of our rich traditions of folk music, dance, customs and sport.
Full list of titles:
Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow (1952) – 17 mins
Produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society
Photography by Peter Kennedy
- Suffolk -
New Year Fireball Festival, Stonehaven (1965) – 2 mins
New musical accompaniment by Pete Cooper
- Aberdeenshire -
Ye Olde Game of Football (1921) – 1 min
Topical Budget
New musical accompaniment by Pete Cooper
- Derbyshire -
Kinora Spools (1912) – 1 min
Featuring Cecil Sharp, George Butterworth, Maud Karpeles, Helen Karpeles
New musical accompaniment Laurel Swift
- Oxfordshire -
Llandudno’s Chosen (1929) – 1 min
Topical Budget
New musical accompaniment by Pete Cooper
- Conwy -
The Game of Haxey Hood (1929) – 1 min
Topical Budget
New musical accompaniment by Laurel Swift
- Lincolnshire -
High Spen Sword Dancers (c. 1928) – 4 mins
Produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society
New musical accompaniment Dan Quinn
- Tyne and Wear -
Boy Bishop of Berden (1925) – 1 min
Topical Budget
New musical accompaniment by Pete Cooper
- Essex -
Sedgefield Shrove Tuesday Football Match Plans (1966) – 3mins
Produced by Tyne Tees Television
- County Durham -
Bampton Broom Dance (1928) – 1 min
New musical accompaniment by Laurel Swift
- Oxfordshire -
London’s May Queen (1927) – 1 mins
Topical Budget
New musical accompaniment by Pete Cooper
- Greater London -
One Potato, Two Potato (extracts) (1957) – 5 mins
Director Leslie Daiken
Photography by Peter Kennedy
- Greater London -
The Burry Man of South Queensferry (2002) – 5 mins
Camera and sound by Doc Rowe
- City of Edinburgh -
Rapper Dancers at ‘The National’ (2003) – 4 mins
Camera and sound by Doc Rowe
- Leicestershire -
Oss Oss Wee Oss (1953) – 16 mins
Director Alan Lomax
Producer Peter Kennedy
In association with English Folk Dance and Song Society
- Cornwall -
