The lost world

The lost world is an article on The Guardian Unlimited by Ian Jack about the films made by Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon. They made hundreds of films about 100 years ago and they shot working-class people around northern England as well as Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Midlands. The 800 rolls of film were found in 1994 in a the cellar of an empty shop in Lancashire and the British Film Institute began restoring the 28 hours of footage in 2000 and the films are being shown on the BBC shortly as well as a screening in the National Film Theatre.