Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In 1924 pioneering filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene embarked on an intrepid road trip from Land s End to John O& Groats He recorded his journey on film using an experimental colour process; the result was a remarkable travelogue called The Open Road Reviewers hailed the film as an amazing success at which audiences would &gasp with wonder& for at a time when cinemagoers saw their world only in black & white Claude&s remarkable films were shot in colour Eighty years after Claude&s original trip the BBC and the British Film Institute have recreated the journey & in this three-part series Dan Cruickshank retraces Claude&s route through the heart of Britain Drawing fully on Claude&s original footage which has been meticulously restored by the BFI this wonderful series affords contemporary audiences a vibrant glimpse at life in the 1920s & a chance to examine not only how much has changed but also all that has remained the same since that time On our route through scenic West Country into Wales up the West coast to Scotland & on to John O& Groats we hear from a cast of characters
- not only relatives & friends of those who appear in Claude&s footage but those who featured in the films as children & who describe the moving experience of encountering themselves within this beautiful footage