[2] The world premiere was at the Crucible Theatre at Sheffield Doc/Fest in June 2012, with Sea Power playing the soundtrack live.

The film explores a century of life on Britain's coastline, using a mixture of black and white and colour footage from the BFI National Archive stretching back to the earliest days of movie making.

A swimming race takes place with everyone dressed in evening wear complete with top hats, watched by boats of spectators, also in fine attire.

[7] Wartime footage shows RMS Mauretania, troops practising trench manoeuvres, synchronised marching battalions and women priming and loading bombs.

As the film begins, plaintive keyboard chords are joined by trumpet, cello and a crescendo of drums and cymbals.

[8] The music is made up of reworked moments from the band's back catalogue, for example elements of the tracks "Carrion", "No Lucifer" and "The Great Skua", along with specially written material.