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Old 14-12-19, 13:38
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In any of these free-to-watch short films:

https://player.bfi.org.uk/search/free
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Old 14-12-19, 17:56
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Oh, those look very interesting. Must come back to this. Thanks, Merry!
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Old 14-12-19, 19:30
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Oh wow, thanks Merry!

My grandfather may have made some of the corsets featured in the film I've just watched
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They do look interesting. Pity you have to be in the UK to view them.
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Old 14-12-19, 21:22
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Ooh, sorry Mary. I wonder if Janet can view them?
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Ooh, so spooky, went straight to Blackburn where lots of mine lived. Didn't spot anyone I know though.

Fascinating, thankyou for this, Merry!

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Old 14-12-19, 23:52
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OC - There are a few for Darwen too.
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Incredible! I didn't know there were so many on there until I started scrolling through the pages.

There is one promoting the local dairy of the town we live in for the year 1930!
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They do look interesting. Pity you have to be in the UK to view them.
I got all the way to Play for Free and thought I could see them but then it decided I couldn't.
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Old 17-12-19, 03:03
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Ooh, sorry Mary. I wonder if Janet can view them?
Awww, r-r-r-r-a-t-s! And I was so looking forward to this.
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BFI Player films cannot be played outside of the UK
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EDIT:
Hang on! I was able to watch some of these by doing a search, putting the title in quotes and appending site:youtube.com.

I haven't exhausted the possibilities, just proved that the method can work.

Meanwhile I found this one which is pretty interesting too:
The Oldest Photographs

And EDIT again:
I suppose you can actually just go to youtube and use their own search field. That seems to work too.
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