Broad Acres (1946) | BFI National Archive

Is that Stonegate in York, without a tourist in sight? Designed to show off the 'old world' qualities of Yorkshire, this educational film might itself seem pleasantly antiquated to a modern viewer. Among the scenic highlights of the tour are a bustling view of Leeds, with its long-closed tram network, and Britain's oldest chemist's shop in Knaresborough, which sadly also no longer trades.
Postwar travelogues like these aimed to cheer Britain up again, not to mention generate traffic in its key holiday spots. Here, the narration looks to demonstrate how turbulent events help to shape a place. Showing the viewer Barnard Castle, the film seems to suggest that some great monuments came about by violence and conflict - but that this country is now all the richer for that history.
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[@clivewalford3148]

when I see our country today It breaks my heart !!!

[@robertmorley9149]

brilliant love these old films of England 😁👍

[@stewartmcmanus3991]

Born and bred in Yorkshire the year this film was made.

[@carolcr4024]

Fantastic piece of history 😍

[@pir006]

"Barnard Castle in more recent years becoming associated with Charles Dickens..." And Dominic Cummings ;)

[@paulhemmings9245]

Just what I was going to write lol.

[@Colplaneguy]

They obviously never went to Barnard Castle (Barney to us locals) as the film clip was of Bolton Abbey near Skipton.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

Oh...We used to dream 'a livin' in a corridor. Woulda' been a palace for us. We used to live in an old watertank on top of a rubbish tip.

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[@kenmcvittie3584]

Knaresborough looks busier back then, I suppose its shops were more useful for the residents. Certainly not now

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

I very much doubt that the narrator had ever been north of Watford.

[@typhoon2827]

No one would ever want to be from any other county. Can you imagine proudly claiming to be a Bedfordshireman, Hertfordshireman, Somersetman or a Lancastrian?

[@alistairkewish651]

Only one thing missing - the commentary should be in proper Yorkshire dialect,,not the polished tones of RP.

[@sgtg4600]

How would anyone understand it?

[@clairenoon4070]

Why?

[@SuperNevile]

@@sgtg4600 Subtitles. What wasn't mentioned was that some of the damage to Whitby Abbey was caused by the German High Seas Fleet.

[@TheOriginalPickleRick]

This is obviously waycist.