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Fast-Forward Cambridge premieres on YouTube on Friday 17 March 2023, 19:00-19:20 GMT as part of 2023 Cambridge Festival’s Festival of Film (then available on-demand).

Explore a different side of Cambridge: time-lapsed, accelerated, rotated and colour-inverted!

Cambridge Museum of Technology explores the city’s industrial heritage (and more) from the air, on the ground and along the river: over 20 hours of footage condensed into 20 minutes!

The film reveals past-, present- and future landscapes from unique perspectives, accompanied by an ambient soundtrack recorded at the Museum and locations around Cambridge.

WATCH THE TRAILER

TRAILER: video Fast-Forward Cambridge to premiere on Friday 17 March 2023 19:00 as part of 2023 Cambridge Festival of Film

How to watch

Subscribe to Cambridge Museum of Technology’s YouTube channel to be notified of the premiere during the 2023 Cambridge Festival.

Bookmark this page: the video will appear embedded at the top of this page for broadcast premiere on Friday 17 March 2023 at 19:00 GMT.

About the programme

Running time: 20 minutes

Created by Museum volunteers: 

Edited and Produced by Dr Gordon Davies 

Featuring museum research and archives courtesy of: 

Pam Halls, Morgan Bell, Alan Denny, Harriet O'Rourke, Jim Smith, David Stubbings, Don Unwin 

Videography by: 

  • The Willcox Collective, commissioned for Cambridge Museum of Technology 

  • Aaron Greenwood, Mike Jesky and David Hotchkin on behalf of and donated to Cambridge Museum of Technology 

Soundtrack by: Lewis Todd, recorded and mixed from engine sounds at the museum and ambient recordings from around Cambridge

Streamed in High-Definition 1080p, 60 frames/sec