This was reported on the BBC yesterday.
1960s' Ivor the Engine episodes unearthed in Kent Ivor the Engine and Old Nell from one of the recently discovered reels The black and white episodes are currently being converted into a digital format (Pic courtesy Smallfilms) A collection of Ivor the Engine episodes which have not been seen since the 1960s have been unearthed in Kent. The 24 reels were found at the back of the converted pigshed in Blean, Kent, where Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate created their much-loved films. Postgate, who died in 2008, and Firmin were also behind other favourites including Bagpuss and The Clangers. Postgate's son, Dan, said the episodes could be released once they had been converted into a digital format.
There are a few of them on Youtube and this one comes from 1958:
1960s' Ivor the Engine episodes unearthed in Kent Ivor the Engine and Old Nell from one of the recently discovered reels The black and white episodes are currently being converted into a digital format (Pic courtesy Smallfilms) A collection of Ivor the Engine episodes which have not been seen since the 1960s have been unearthed in Kent. The 24 reels were found at the back of the converted pigshed in Blean, Kent, where Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate created their much-loved films. Postgate, who died in 2008, and Firmin were also behind other favourites including Bagpuss and The Clangers. Postgate's son, Dan, said the episodes could be released once they had been converted into a digital format.
There are a few of them on Youtube and this one comes from 1958:
