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[Telham County Rally]
| Date | 1949 | ID | 9924 |
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This edited film provides highlights of the 1st Haywards Heath pack outing to Battle village en route to the Sussex Scouting and Guiding County Rally at Telham; closing with highlights of the various parades and performances on the Telham camp.
Round the Town
| Date | [ca. 1950s] | ID | 797 |
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The film follows a cine camera man as he films scenes around the town of Tunbridge Wells, including Trinity Church, the Town Hall, the Opera House, the Pantiles, Chalybeate Spring and scenes of floats from the Tunbridge Wells Festival procession.
[News Review]
| Date | [ca. 1950s] | ID | 131 |
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A compilation of scenes from around the South East of England captured by a member of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers during the 1950s. The film shows a variety of events, people and places, including members of the Royal Family and the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, at his Sussex home. This silent film includes intertitles throughout.
Do You Know Your Sussex
| Date | [ca. 1950s] | ID | 132 |
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This film takes the viewer on a brief tour of Sussex towns, villages and places of interest, inviting us to guess the identity of each location as it appears in the film. The answer is revealed with an inter title after each place featured. The film was made by Mr Phil Ellis, a member of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers.
Brighton in Coronation Year
| Date | 1953 - 1954 | ID | 120 |
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A film made by a member of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers which features various aspects of Brighton during the centenary year of 1953, including parks and gardens, festivities and other events. The film is accompanied by an occasional commentary which gives key facts about the history of Brighton, together with an upbeat soundtrack throughout.
[South Africa]
| Date | August - September 1955 | ID | 1447 |
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H. A. Voss tours Nairobi, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula, after leaving Uganda, in 1955. He films residential and municipal buildings, built in a number of styles, non-Western and Western. Further footage includes Zulu Rickshaw drivers entertaining Western tourists.
[Tribal Dances; The Queen Mother Visits Africa; Family Holidays]
| Date | [ca. 1956-1966 ?] | ID | 7125 |
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This colour film shows tribal dance performances, followed by H.M The Queen Mother meeting dignitaries in a town square, a dam under construction and the Zambezi River with Victoria Falls.
![[Atoms for Peace] (1955)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9724/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Atoms for Peace] (1955)")
[Atoms for Peace]
| Date | 8th-25th August 1955 | ID | 9724 |
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This edited colour film shows highlights of the 'Atoms for Peace' conference and exhibition (International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy) in Geneva. Exhibitors, equipment and demonstrations are shown in detail. Additional black and white footage shows shots of Radiotherapy / Radiationtherapy equipment and views of the Genevan countryside.
Venice
| Date | 1956 | ID | 9721 |
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This colour travelog style documentary film, made with commentary and music, shows highlights of a three day visit to Venice, by Gilbert and Mary Tomes aboard a gondola, touring the Piazzas, Campi and historical buildings along the Grand Canal.
Round & About Whitstable
| Date | 1957; 1958 | ID | 825 |
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Events and scenes at Whitstable and Canterbury, including scenes of Old Whitstable, the Westgate Tower at Canterbury, sunbathers on Whitstable seafront, Whitstable Carnival in 1957 and outdoor church services in 1958.
![A still from [The Presentation of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Hove to the Royal Sussex Regiment] (1958)](/wp-content/uploads/films/3071/image_a_thumb.jpg "[The Presentation of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Hove to the Royal Sussex Regiment] (1958)")
[The Presentation of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Hove to the Royal Sussex Regiment]
| Date | 19 May 1958 | ID | 3071 |
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An amateur film which records the events on Hove seafront to mark the presentation of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough to the Royal Sussex Regiment.
3rd Battalion the Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment
| Date | 1958 - 1961 | ID | 1748 |
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This silent film features events in the life of the 3rd Battalion The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (TA) between 1958 and 1961. Intersected with titles, the film includes exercises, civil defence training, parades, initiative tests, combined operations, an annual camp and a tour of Belgium and the Netherlands.
World Cruise with the “Southern Cross”
| Date | September 1958; December 1958 - January 1959 | ID | 1438 |
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Two cruises feature on this film - one around the world, stopping at Las Palmas, Spain, Cape Town and Durban, South Africa, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, Wellington, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. Sailing down the Panama Canal, the ship also stops at Curaçao and Trinidad. The second cruise is over Christmas, and visits Tangiers, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Madeira and Lisbon.
[News Events]
| Date | [ca. 1959] | ID | 6056 |
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A newsreel documenting events in and around Reigate in 1959, produced by the North Downs Cinematograph Society.
Roman Holiday
| Date | 1958-1959 | ID | 9730 |
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This edited colour travelogue style film with music and narration, tours the monuments and ruins of Rome, the Vatican City and the surrounding environs of Lazio and Tivoli. The film also shows Pope John XXIII at Castel Gandolfo performing a blessing and on a street tour.
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