A film chronicling the history of the co-operative movement has been made by an Accrington company.
Huckleberry Films has produced New Pioneers which tells the story of the Rochdale Pioneers who opened the world's first successful co-operative shop in 1844.
The five-minute documentary combines animation and archive images, and shows how co-operation spread across the country and eventually the world with today's global movement of one billion members.
See the film below ...
Caroline Eccles, from Huckleberry Films, provided voiceover for the film.
She said: "It was a really interesting film to do.
"We spent a great morning looking through the archives about the Pioneers.
"There was so much information that we could have put in and it is such an interesting story to hear about.
"We have done some animation before, but because we have to speak in the film for such a large amount of time we thought animation would work really well in an engaging way.
"We have so far received some really positive feedback from everyone involved in the project."
The film was commissioned by Manchester's Co-operative College, and was penned during an event last month.
It took three weeks to make.
Eve Broadhurst, arts development officer for Rochdale Pioneers Museum, said: "The story itself is quite complicated and it was really a challenge to tell it in just five minutes but they have done an excellent job."
