Gardens of England (1941) (Classic Documentary) Classic Posh British Accent Sample!

Release year - 1941
Director - Michael Hankinson
Production company - Spectator
Cinematographer - Geoffrey Unsworth
Composer - Jack Beaver
Narration - Alvar Lidell
Editor - Ralph Kemplen
Sound recording - W.S. Bland
Running time (minutes) - 09 mins 21 secs

The rich and poor alike have flowers. This film shows the inborn love of Englishmen for a garden, whether it is Hampton Court, a cottage garden or the tiny strip in front of a suburban house. Whatever the limitations of his garden, the gardener accepts them as a challenge to his skill.

(Courtesy: British Council Film Department)

Did you know?
This film was digitised from the only known physical copy of the film. Thought lost, it was located by TIME/IMAGE in the New Zealand Film Archive, from where it was repatriated by the British Film Institute.
The line “Annihilating all that's made, To a green Thought in a green Shade” at the 5-minute mark is taken from the famous 17th century poem ‘The Garden’ by Andrew Marvell, who also wrote ‘To His Coy Mistress’.
This film was made at the same time, and by the same people, as World Garden. The title cards are even in the same style, though Alvar Lidell's name is misspelt.

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