Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan: Gateway to the North, Music Video, 2020
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◊ 2021-07-28 02:42 |
![[Image: title.604.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/title.604.jpg) ![[Image: titleb.130.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/titleb.130.jpg) youtube video, artist page, Discogs page , Bandcamp page It looks as if there was a Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan in the 1970s which generated a public information film. In 2020, Gordon Chapman-Fox released a concept album “Interim Report, March 1979” under the name of Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan as his "hymn and homage to the brutalist beauty of Cheshire’s designated new towns of Warrington and Runcorn." ![[Image: lp1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/lp1.jpg) with the lead track "Gateway To The North" given this video accompaniment, presumably from the 70s promo film (which I haven't been able to find in any original form). Now he's due to release a second instalment in a couple of months ![[Image: lp2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/lp2.jpg) called "People and Industry", so this could be the Next Big Thing. I started wondering if this was all a big spoof, but it all seems genuine despite its eccentricity, and the music is very pleasant. Because there is a genuine period film behind the project, some less common captures given pages. Others listed here as backgrounds. Not convinced it's 1979 footage - nothing seems newer than about 1973. Rejects: - Ford D-Series tipper, early plain Cortina Mk3 ![[Image: r00-00fordd.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/r00-00fordd.jpg) , ![[Image: r00-05cortina.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/r00-05cortina.jpg) - Renault 16, Austin 1300 Mk3 (with Viva HA beyond and another 1300 Mk3 in Black Tulip behind the skip) ![[Image: r00-05r16.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/r00-05r16.jpg) ![[Image: r02-041300.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/r02-041300.jpg) -- Last edit: 2021-08-03 11:28:30 |
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◊ 2021-07-28 12:56 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1l7iXrACg Movie footage probably taken from "Runcorn New Town - The Leaving Of Liverpool" 1974 mini documentary? But who produced it is not shown. |
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◊ 2021-07-28 17:30 |
^ Well found. All the video footage is taken from that film. |
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◊ 2021-07-28 19:54 |
The 'documentary' looks to be a compilation of three different styles and the Liverpool section which introduces it seems overly long but it all looks right for the period. |
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◊ 2021-07-29 12:50 |
The original source documentary here... Urba 2,000 ep.7 British New Towns (1974) The National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11651 The full 86 minute documentary included the 36 minute Runcorn section. |
