Film Record: Rod and Line

Still from Rod and Line via EAFA

Identifier:

• 2680 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1931

Filmmaker(s):

Eric Notley

Production credits:

• Cliff West, Art Director
• Carl Heck, Chief Technician

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:17:46

Length:

500 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"After alighting at Langport East railway station and following a long walk, a young man and his fiance check into the Anchor Inn at Little Langport, noted for its fishing. The man's fixation with angling, his fiance's slow mastery of the technique and the romantic threat of an attractive, ace woman angler are the obstacles in their relationship. Humorous intertitles typify the era's social manners" (EAFA Database).

Resources:

IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975.

Locations:

• Langport, Somerset, UK (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

Ace Movies

Subjects:

• Recreation
•      Sports
•           Fishing

Genre:

• Romance

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

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