Take a voyage by narrow boat with Ken Dunham and his family to the centre of Birmingham, along the once flourishing Canal Navigations of the Black Country.
Today this great waterway system has served its purpose – industry has turned its back on “the cut”; but, with “just a touch of Venice,” Park Head Locks, Gas Street Basin, and Pudding Green Junction may come alive again – inland ports along a colourful cruiseway for voyaging into England.
Written and directed by Peter Bale
Camera operator: Ewart Needham
Film Recordist: Howard Smith
Film Editor: Tom Poore
Producer: Michael Croucher
Clip taken from Look Stranger, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 18 August, 1970.
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