Thanks for this, I was 12 years old in 1975 and the times were good - thanks for refreshing my memories of a wonderful childhood. Shooting with my father, fishing with friends, walking in the countryside on weekends, going to school during the week and working in the evenings and Saturday mornings. Wonderful times of a life long gone.

What a lovely film, 1975 it seems like different world

England used to be such a lovely place.

That kid’s Norfolk accent when asking about the “boots” on the river near Norwich is a hidden gem.

Had a couple of school trips on the broads when I was a nipper, it was so nice to see all the wildlife. That was 60 odd years ago, I can still remember it like it was yesterday. A way of life gone forever and things have gone downhill ever since. Thankyou for sharing this gem

That excerpt regarding Reggie Mace really affected me. The simplicity and antiquity of his living; his obvious affection for his cattle and the turning over of the soil on the spade, in order to create the necessary conditions for next year's harvest.

What a wonderful trip from start to finish.

I was 7 in 75, living in a coastal city in SW England . Never realised how much the country would change for the worse in.the next 50 years. But thinking about it,.we shouldn't be that surprised, just look how things changed from1925 to 1975.

Excellent……thank you so much…

Very good I love those accents that i remember from my youth. Don’t hear many these days.

Thanks for this and actually putting the year this was produced. 🇬🇧👍

Thank you for the information. A lovely little film.

this made want to almost cry. i remember this country then when it was a great place to live in. now, Britain is a cess pit.

Thank you for uploading this wonderful piece of History

A little gem of a video, thank you for uploading this. I have to admit to a dark smile, when the trapper caught the Coypu, reassuring the animal that it was alright, that he wasn't going to hurt it, just before he shot it. I suppose it would have been a good shot, so it probably didn't hurt at all.

Takes me back a few years, I first had a boating holiday with my parents in 1954 on the Broads, I remember the coastal boats coming up the river, they frightened my mother with the size of them, most of my family have passed on now, just one Uncle left in Norfolk.

Possibly the best video I've ever seen on KZfaq. Thank you 😊👍

What a truly wonderful video. Myself and my Dad had a boating holiday on the Broads back in 1980’s during May time as it was cheaper then,we had a old 2-4 Berth Motor Cruiser,powered with a Petrol engine and the lamps inside had Gas Mantle’s,she was Called Gemini and she was a Beauty,she smelled of Petrol fumes,old varnish and a bit of Damp in the morning but I and my Dad fell in Love with that Boat of the Holiday,it was so relaxing and so peaceful,even my Father said he had never slept better in his life,gently being rocked with the slightest sound of water slapping her Bum ( that was Dads words ) but I knew what he meant. We traveled from Potter Heigham to Gt.Yarmouth and as far to Lowestoft as we could. I and my Dad would have loved to have seen these bigger ships but I suppose by the 80’s they had all gone ?. I think I remember a swing bridge but don’t remember having to go anywhere near it ? I don’t remember seeing a Ferry either and I wondered if that was Acle where there is now a Bridge ?. It was Lovely though moored up at night somewhere quiet and waking up in the morning with Fog all around,it felt like you were floating in the clouds rather than on the water,we were befriended by many a Swan and other Birds and we saw someone in one of the massive punts with the big duck guns !. It’s quite sad though watching the video and thinking about how quickly the Broads has changed over the Years. We did end up having another Holiday on the Broads but a couple of years later and we were in the same type of Boat albeit a slightly newer version called Gemini 2 but still she smelled of varnish and a bit of damp but she had diesel and not as keen on that smell. Nowadays I wish we could afford a Holiday on the Broads but for Myself and my Girlfriend alone,even in the Off season it is just too expensive and I can’t justify spending that much money on just me and her,with my boys we would need a Huge 6 berth or 8 for comfort and I’ve looked into it but £1500 is ridiculous for just a week !. Funnily enough we Love Norfolk and everything about it,we would Love to move there in a House in the middle of nowhere but once again money stops that !. Oh well,we can always dream

Just brilliant, such a lovely film a way of life we'll never see again.

A cracking little film of past times, oh I miss it. Thanks for uploading.

Fantastic!

Never seen this before. Really enjoyed it, thanks! Was great to see my Grandad Jack Brighton doing his part to save the broads from coypu 😍

What an atmosphere of imagery and music. They don't me them like this anymore.

What a lovely little film

Love it,,,lived on the broads for a couple of years ,,the most fantastic place especially in the winter

Amazing to see such a size of ship on the river.

So beautiful. The winter mists add to the atmosphere.

what a gem

A wonderful nostalgic look back at life in a simpler time gone by. Thanks for uploading I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Really enjoy watching these old broads videos , my father worked for may gurney for 44 years , dredging ,Pilling and construction work on the broads. He would have most probably told me the dredger in the video was grab 4 or 7 with a smiths 26 crane in there , lol ,,

Wonderful, Norfolk accent can’t beat it , I remember making way for a coaster near the beet factory years ago and the marsh man must have had a great life, my wife and I are off to our boat today at Stalham just to check her over, shame the broads are so crowded nowadays.

Just another reminder of the beautiful rivers and waterways in this country Great Britain has to offer- Simply Wonderful and thanks for sharing your video 🌈👌😁

Beautiful thanks!

My gosh , my childhood was spent exploring the broads and to this day. This absolute gem of a film captures the haunting beauty of a Norfolk winter. Some might say bleak…..

love these old films of a different era...all gone to their eternal rest now as has their way of life.

Lovely old film. I started coming to the Broads in 1969 and came to live in Reedham in 1986, (doubt I'll ever leave here now). I've done this trip many times on my own boat and there is always something to see. I've almost forgotten that I was born in London.

A very lovely film showing a bygone era of my homeland I'm too young to remember. Can't wait to show this to my Dad. Also love the accents, as someone said you don't hear a lot of them!

I loved watching this film. Thank you for posting it on KZfaq 😊

The Norfolk Broads are a wonderful place and as soon as i have been there i want to return, magical any time of year.

12.48 "aint gonna hurt ya" (13.00 BANG!!)

some lovely footage thanks for sharing 👍

I agree, Antonio should be producing videos. He is very interesting. Thank you for the interview 😊

Illustrates Patrick Troughton's accent in 'Swallows and Amazons Forever' (The Big Six) as being remarkable, dead ringer of the pump man. Wintering on the broads looks very appealing indeed! Thanks very much for the upload!

The well-known angler, John Wilson made many vids of himself on the Norfolk Broads, fishing for big pike (all catch & release of course).. inspired me to become an angler too...RIP John... 🙂🎣

How wonderful. And how much our beloved country has changed for the worse since this film was made.

Very Interesting We have done the same route many times.

Not going to hurt you.......then kills it 😁

The only drawback to living aboard on the Broads- is the "CRT" expecting one to jump through flaming hoops every 5 minutes!!

Wow! What a fabulous film, the essence of the old days of the river. Which decade is this? So interesting to watch the reed cutter, Coypu trappers, the boat builders, craftsmen, boat men and sailors. I read in a national newspaper, some time in the 90s, that the last Norfolk Broads Coypu had been caught. Was that really the case or are some still at large ? Thanks for posting this footage of a bygone time, 1st rate

that was really interesting , as i never get to see the true broads in winter apart from on the webcams .

A bit of basic research via wiki shows that MTB 102 is still actually a rather famous boat- still going strong. Testament to the work these guys were doing in the mid 70's.

miss the broads i do. my old boat and small enough to get into them there places others couldn't. swag and kelly with me billy and a holdall of grub, me brew kit and smoko, I would drop down the bure, portage over Horstead, up the yare, mooching around, then back up to oxnead.

“Alright. Alright… ain’t gonna hurt ya”. - pulls out a pistol 😂

How is electricity cheaper than water power, even in those days?

Can anyone say if the University of East Anglia broad they were ripping ever led to significantly useful "recreation and research"? Looked like ecological vandalism tbh. Great upload - thanks. GREAT Britain!

How Norfolk has changed and personally not for the better

I can't say I approved of the man killing that animal, it had such a sweet face, it's so sad.

Any idea who made the film? Was it David Cleveland?

Much has been destroyed since then. It will not come back.

look what they took from us...

Is the MTB still on the river?

"Orlroit I aint gonna hurt you" and then he shot it.

What, no pinkfeet or wigeon???

"All right, all right, I aint gonna hurt ya". Then proceeds to kill him. I wonder if you're allowed to lie to animals.

4.37 ...Electricity is cheaper to use than water power ...After all these years it shows what the Tories have done to us.

I love the video, but hate the thinly veiled jingoism in the comments...

MTB 102 is now at Portsmouth Dockyard