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It also displays the changing face of the canal network, when the last of the horse-drawn boats were being phased out in favour of motor-powered boats. Though the running time seems short by today's standards, "Painted Boats" still remains a wonderful film which serves as a beautifully-made tribute to the canal workers of Great Britain.
Painted Boats is a British drama film directed by Charles Crichton and released by Ealing Studios in 1945. Painted Boats, one of the lesser-known Ealing films of the period, is brief, uses a little-known cast and has a slight storyline. It is however considered significant by waterways enthusiasts as a fictionalised documentary, providing a rare extensive filmic depiction of a long-gone way of ...
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It also displays the changing face of the canal network, when the last of the horse-drawn boats were being phased out in favour of motor-powered boats. Though the running time seems short by today's standards, "Painted Boats" still remains a wonderful film which serves as a beautifully-made tribute to the canal workers of Great Britain.
17 mar 2010 · I've been watching the latest DVD issue of Painted Boats, the historic 1945 film about the canals. What a treat. (IMDB entry here, buy it on Amazon here) This film was made just as Tom Rolt achieved success with Narrow Boat, and arguably on the back of that success. Rolt describes in his autobiography ( Landscape with Canals) the role he played ...
In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
