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[The Soldier’s Courtship?] or [Tommy Atkins in the Park?]
| Date | [1896 - 1898?] | ID | 8447 |
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A couple get revenge on an old woman when she disturbs their privacy in this comedy by Robert Paul.
Devil's Dyke Fun Fair
| Date | [1896?] | ID | 8884 |
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Early film footage of fun fair workers and revelers at Devil's Dyke on the South Downs, taken by pioneer James Williamson in around 1896.
The Miller and the Sweep
| Date | 1897 | ID | 8367 |
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A miller and chimney sweep collide as moving sails of the windmill behind provide an animated backdrop in this 1897 George Albert Smith production.
Hanging Out the Cloths; or, Master, Mistress and Maid
| Date | 1897 | ID | 8368 |
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A mistress discovers her husband up to no good behind a washing line in this George Albert Smith production from 1897.
Washing the Sweep
| Date | 1898 | ID | 8381 |
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A chimney sweep who disturbs two washer women gets his comeuppance in this 1898 film by James Williamson.
[Pillow Fight] Children in the Nursery
| Date | [1898?] | ID | 8443 |
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Pillows explode as two young boys fight in their nursery after being put to bed in this film by Robert Paul from the late 1890s.
Tetherball, or Do-Do
| Date | [1898?] | ID | 8446 |
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Four men playing a chaotic game of swingball in the late 1890s filmed by Robert Paul.
The Bill Poster; or, Shop
| Date | [1899?] | ID | 8421 |
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Advertising animated photographs in a shop window results in a fight in this sketch by Charles Goodwin Norton of the late 1890s.
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
| Date | [1899?] | ID | 8448 |
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A group become the subjects of a man's magic trick in this Robert Paul production of the late 1890s, featuring the animation techniques of Walter Booth.
The House that Jack Built
| Date | 1900 | ID | 8374 |
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A young girl's house is destroyed and magically rebuilt by her younger brother in this film by George Albert Smith produced in 1900.
Alice in Wonderland
| Date | 1903 | ID | 8404 |
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Alice follows the White Rabbit and finds herself in the company of strange characters in an unfamiliar garden in this Cecil Hepworth production, directed by Percy Stow in 1903.
[Two Clowns]
| Date | 1906 | ID | 8376 |
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Two clowns tease each other, drinking and laughing, in this 1906 film by George Albert Smith.
Warnham Court; The Home of C. J. Lucas
| Date | [ca. 1920] | ID | 4904 |
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This black and white family film shows a group of men playing golf on the Warnham Court estate, followed by highlights of Tennis (doubles) and a cricket match. The family watch from the terrace next to the house. The final film with intertitles shows a beekeeping film, demonstrating how to create an artificial hive. Two men use their bare hands to handle the bees.
[Miscellaneous Family Scenes IV]
| Date | [ca. 1930s - 1940s] | ID | 710 |
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A compilation of home movie material, including family outings to the beach, an excursion in an open-top car, and various family scenes in a garden where a young boy playfights with his grandfather (?) and watches female relatives playing on a seesaw. There is also a sequence of rough seas battering the coast and a shot of a tank driving along a road.
[Cuckfield Fire Brigade]
| Date | [ca. 1920s - 1930s] | ID | 3115 |
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An amateur film showing Cuckfield Fire Brigade giving several public demonstrations in Cuckfield Park (?), a nighttime fire at a large house, and children tobogganing in the snow.
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