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[Sports Day] or [Foundling Hospital Sports Day]
| Date | [1899?] | ID | 8418 |
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Sports day at Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children, filmed by Charles Goodwin Norton in 1899.
![A Still from [Godalming Church Parade & Ambulance Presentation] (1911 & 1917)](/wp-content/uploads/films/1290/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Godalming Church Parade & Ambulance Presentation] (1911 & 1917)")
[Godalming Church Parade & Ambulance Presentation]
| Date | 17 December 1911; 23 September 1917 | ID | 1290 |
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These local newsreels record the citizens of Godalming at two official gatherings. The first is a pre-First World War civil procession; the second is a service of dedication in which the town presents a motorized First World War ambulance to the Red Cross.
A Molesey Pageant
| Date | July 1913 | ID | 1521 |
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A short film showing a medieval-themed fete taking place on Tagg’s Island on the River Thames. The pageant is part of a fundraising fete in aid of the widows’ and orphans’ fund of the National Fire Brigades Union.
[A ‘Capitol’ Newsreel by Clifford Spain I]
| Date | 1919 - 1931 | ID | 1515 |
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This compilation contains films of local interest which were exhibited in a newsreel format at the Capitol Cinema in Walton-on-Thames by its manager Clifford Spain. The events captured on film are primarily community-driven ones, filmed to attract their participants to the subsequent cinema screenings.
[A ‘Capitol’ Newsreel by Clifford Spain II]
| Date | 1922 - 1932 | ID | 1517 |
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A compilation of films of local interest which which were exhibited in a newsreel format at the Capitol Cinema in Walton-on-Thames by its manager Clifford Spain. The films, from 1922, 1931 and 1932, record community events including an RSPCA horse show and several garden fetes. The camera pays much attention to recording the visitors who frequent the events.
![A still from [Reigate Borough Carnival] (1926-1927) - a float in the procession](/wp-content/uploads/films/1773/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Reigate Borough Carnival] (1926-1927)")
[Reigate Borough Carnival]
| Date | 1926; 1927 | ID | 1773 |
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A compilation of two films showing the Reigate carnival in 1927 and 1926. The films show the procession through the town as well as portraits of individuals in costumes and on floats.
The Southern Railway Servants' Orphanage at Woking
| Date | [1926? - 1933] | ID | 1586 |
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This compilation illustrates life for the children and their relatives, staff and local volunteers at the Southern Railway Servants' Orphanage in Woking during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Each sequence is introduced with intertitles.
Reigate Carnival
| Date | 1928, 1935 | ID | 1528 |
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Scenes filmed at Reigate Carnival in 1928 and 1935 by members of the North Downs Cinematograph Society. Elaborate floats and fancy dress costumes feature throughout.
Procession Gazette
| Date | [ca. 1930] | ID | 738 |
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A newsreel showing a rain-drenched parade representing local industries through the streets of Maidstone. The parade was organized as a hospital fundraiser. The online video includes an audio commentary by Dr Frank Gray at the start of the film.
[Founders Day: Duchess of York at Centenary Celebrations at Spurgeon's Orphan Home]
| Date | 18 June 1934 | ID | 7649 |
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A short Pathe Gazette newsreel showing The Duchess of York at the Spurgeon's Orphan Home Founders Day on 18th June 1934. The children sing and perform choreographed marches to a large audience.
St. Faith’s go to Tea at Kew
| Date | 1936; 1937 | ID | 1357 |
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A group of deaf women and a clergyman from a charitable organisation called 'St. Faith's' are seen going on boat trip on the River Thames, using sign language to communicate. A larger group are then seen visiting London Zoo, Titlark's Farm, Kew and Greenwich. Many in the group use sign language to communicate with each other.
[The Ranch; Horses Retirement Home]
| Date | [ca. 1939?] | ID | 5249 |
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Scenes shot at the stables and paddocks of The Ranch, a horse retirement home, by Enid Briggs in 1939.
Fellowship of St. Nicholas Homes for Children, Christ Church, St. Leonards-on-Sea
| Date | [ca. 1940s] | ID | 479 |
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This film depicts many of the activities being undertaken by The Fellowship of St. Nicholas, a local charity founded to counteract, "the effects of poverty, disadvantage, neglect and abuse suffered by children and young people." It is highly probable that the film was used as an awareness-raising, and hence a fundraising, tool.
[St John's Ambulance Brigade]
| Date | [ca. late 1940s] | ID | 760 |
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A young girl is inspired to volunteer for the St John's Ambulance service when her father is injured falling from a tree. Adult St John Ambulance workers are also briefly filmed providing first aid to the victim of a motorbike accident, and to an injured miner. The sequences are all staged for the camera.
[Milestone [?]; Children’s Village Trogen]
| Date | [1947?] | ID | 5779 |
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A silent film documenting the founding of the Pestalozzi Children's Village at Trogen, Switzerland. The village is seen being constructed, children help to make furniture and a ceremony is held to mark its official opening. Children from abroad arrive at the village and take up residence in one of the houses, they are seen enjoying games and learning in the classroom. The film is intersected by titles, providing a narrative to the events.
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