The Golden Age of Canals (DVD)

Documentary exploring the history of Britain's canals and the efforts of those who fought to keep the canal system open in the mid-20th century. Alongside amateur films taken on canal trips in the 1950s and 1960s, which celebrate the pleasures of boating, the programme discusses the debate taking place during this time about the future of canals in an era where advances in transportation rendered them largely redundant for industrial purposes.