The Story of 'Fen Tiger' Ernie James - "A Man Between Three Rivers" (1975) [Digitally Enhanced]

Ernie James (8th January 1906 - 5th July 2005)
This Anglia Television documentary details some of the life and times of Ernie James, arguably the last of the true 'Fen Tigers'.
Dramatically improved picture and sound quality over the currently available versions already on KZbin - this is via a new source with selective restoration and digital enhancement by Fenland on Film.
Digitally enhanced and restored as follows:
- Absolutely no AI
- Upscaled to 1080p
- Film damage removal / suppression (where reasonably possible)
- Colour corrected
- Enhanced audio
- Audio / visual sync correction ... I'm amazed in nearly 50 years this hadn't been done before as even on the original production, it had a significant delay between the picture and sound!
- New music track (due to copyright issues)

[@livingladolcevita7318]

fantastic film, to think I was stationed at RAF Wattisham near Ipswich in 1975. Loved my time there visiting the old pubs, drinking Tolly cobold and greene king beer

[@Fendogs.]

Thank-you for posting this . With roots from this area ,it is amazing to see how my ancestors lived for hundreds of years

[@johnrhodes2367]

Documentary’s like this, should be kept forever. Thank you for posting 🙏

[@FenlandOnFilm]

Agree 100% - thanks for watching!

[@ClotEastwood]

So enjoyable. Thank you

[@emmayardy3]

Thank you for this, we are very lucky to live in such a beautiful area!

[@marklorne6790]

Fantastic film, the digitally enhanced footage even better than the DVD i have. Remember watching this when i was a kid, since read the book written by Ernie's daughter. What with the peewits and drumming snipe it's like reminiscing about a lost age and men who lived a simpler, happier life in conjunction with the natural world.

[@kineticvelo5523]

Fantastic video , Therapeutic to listen too :-) Simple time , shame we can’t go back in time.

[@gordonpowell1290]

Fascinating, and within my adult memory too. Long gone now.

[@colinlock7400]

What a lovely film about a man who certainly knew his trade. 🌈

[@suefacherty1921]

Ernie's lovely accent reminds me of long ago times spent with my mum's family, who were from Stretham. Her dad was a Fenland horseman, as mentioned in this film.

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

It is a must that we continue his traditions of the Fenland men.

[@dtaylor9673]

A pleasure to watch.

[@FenlandOnFilm]

Glad we could make it available for you.

[@TheOldHacker]

A novel about the Fens and life around Ernie's time is Waterland by Graham Swift. It's well worth reading.

[@andrewburgess5783]

Excellent

[@TK42138]

Nicely restored.

[@FenlandOnFilm]

Many thanks!

[@geoffcrisp7225]

My job as a customer engineer took me across the Fens in the 1970's. In the summer it was a beautiful landscape, but in winter when the thick fog descended it was bleak.

[@davidlee-tv9jf]

Educational love it

[@andrewnelson3681]

Glorious. Thank you for posting.

[@davidcollingwood1262]

Brilliant video

[@NorfolknStealth]

Good local history. Cheers..

[@FenlandOnFilm]

It's a gem isn't it! A lifestyle that many of us will never experience now.

[@mrdynamic7887]

Ernie's grandson uploaded the original he passed away in 2015 i think aged 99 years old they don't make them like this anymore ❤

[@burniemaurins2382]

My favourite tv clip on youtube, nice to see it digitally tidied up, I used to fish in this area in the early 1970's, though sadly didn't go i n the pub. I prefer the original music soundtrack though, wonder why it was changed?

[@FenlandOnFilm]

The music had to be changed due to copyright reasons sadly - we would have preferred to keep the music from the original too but did our best to replace it with something as close as possible.

[@mariagreenwood8247]

An amazing life of an amazing man.

[@shaunwild8797]

When England was a better and safer place.

[@jeffrey7131]

Is that Anthony Hopkins narrating?