Burgh W.I.'s first meeting of 2006 featured Mr Steve White from the Lincolnshire Film Archive who explained the techniques used to preserve old film often very damaged and scratched and showed a film of this restoration which demonstrated painstaking delicate and rewarding work when life is reproduced in 5000 frames of film.

 

He then showed a selection of films depicting life at the turn of the 20 th century with the opening of the Municipal buildings in Boston , 1904, followed by the oldest film made in 1901 of the Grimsby trawlers; the date was established by researching the names of the trawlers. Many have no titles and the dates are established by clues in the film's content.

An advertising film of Ediswan electrical products, a wartime incendiary bomb disposal demonstration, the 1953 Louth floods and surrounding area and the 1947  99 th Lincolnshire Royal Show completed the fascinating presentation.