In 1993 Gerry Dawson discovered in an unmarked film can one of Sir John Betjeman's lost documentaries. He went on to find all of Betjeman's films over the following months and so the issue of this lovely DVD - The Lost Betjemans.
I enjoyed this DVD a lot. It is made up of small poetic documentaries, shot in black and white and dating back to the early 1960's. Each film is a gem, appreciating the finer things in life, the simple good things in life. Weston-super-mare, Bath, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Bristol and Clevedon.
A relaxing and valuable programme of videos, highly recommended. Nostalgic, sentimental but also of cultural value. A good anti-dote to the fast edited, Ego led rubbish doco's we mostly get these days , that seem to be aimed at the least sophisticated level of taste and don't let you linger long enough to get a real taste of what is being shown.
My only criticism is the way the programme makers seem to insert bits of info between the videos, it would have been nicer had they run the old programmes consecutively without any of their own added interruptions, the info of which had been taken care of in the first chapter on the DVD.
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