Take To The Boats (1964)
Produced by British Transport Films on behalf of British Waterways
23 minutes - Colour

Filmed in 1962 and withdrawn when it was planned for release two years later. It captures the beginnings of mass leisure travel on the canals with brief scenes of the later years of commercial canal carrying. Coventry Cathedral is featured when it was brand new.

Notes by Robin Carmody


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