As part of a series of articles based on the varied Archives held across Cornwall, this is the second feature which focuses on the South West Film & Television Archive. Author Shauna Osborne-Dowle also recounts her time working with the Archive in 2006 with a specific focus on Cornish content. The South West Film & Television Archive…Continue Reading “Archiving Cornwall: South West Film & Television Archive”
The poetry of Jenna White is inspired by her love of the Cornish coast. In this article for Cornish Story, Jenna reads her poem ‘As Waves Fall’ set to photographs of St Michael’s Mount by Sarah Chapman.
In mid-2012, the Cornish Audio Visual Archive were given several reels of film dating from the 1930s. They held unique images taken by a man, Cecil Baldwin, who visited Cornwall and Devon on holiday many times in his life. His affection for the South-west shows through in the recovered footage, the full version capturing…Continue Reading “1930s Cornish Film”