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Winchelsea and its Surroundings. A Day with Harry Furniss and his Sketchbook
| Date | [ca. 1920] | ID | 734 |
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Illustrator and caricaturist Harry Furniss is filmed with his sketchbook at various locations in and around Winchelsea and Hastings. The actuality footage is introduced with intertitles and is intercut with images of sketches in progress.
The Poetry of Motion. Exquisites of the Insect World. Old East Sussex. [Hop-picking]
| Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 1101 |
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A compilation of four films made by an amateur film-maker. The films' subject matters include motion which is both man-made and of nature, butterflies, historic East Sussex locales and hop-picking.
[Trip to Winchelsea; Steam Trains; Garden Scenes; Wisborough Green]
| Date | 1948 - 1949 | ID | 1676 |
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Colour film of the Gowlland family in 1948 to 1949. Staying at their holiday cottage in Sussex, they visiting Rye and the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway. At home in Croydon, the children play on their toy 'steam wagon' and the family takes walks with their puppy at Squerries Court in Kent.. The family also visit relatives in Wisborough Green.
Sands of Time
| Date | 1949 | ID | 503 |
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A publicity film in which a young American man writes a letter to a vicar he met during his stay in East Sussex. Back in America he recalls the places he visited; his letter forms the spoken narrative over the images.
![A still from [Holiday at Eastbourne, Hastings, Rye and Winchelsea] (1949)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9148/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Holiday at Eastbourne, Hastings, Rye and Winchelsea] (1949)")
[Holiday at Eastbourne, Hastings, Rye and Winchelsea]
| Date | 1949 | ID | 9148 |
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This family travelogue shows the Moore family visiting the East Sussex and Kent coast. At Eastbourne, the family paddle in the sea and build sandcastles. In Hastings, they take in views from East Hill down to the beach and ride the funicular East Hill Cliff Railway. In Rye, the family visit St Mary's Clocktower, Oak House Pub and tour the cobbled streets. The final stop is at Winchelsea Methodist Chapel.
[Tour Through Hampshire, Kent & Sussex]
| Date | [1964?] | ID | 3343 |
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This amateur film is shot in a variety of locations across southern England. The film records visits to towns, villages and rural areas including Canterbury, Pegwell Bay, Winchelsea, Brighton and Hastings and features the main attractions at each location, including Canterbury Cathedral, the Viking Ship Hugin and Brighton's Royal Pavilion.
South Coast Resorts
| Date | [ca. 1971] | ID | 7264 |
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A promotional film made during the early 1970s to promote coach holidays to south coast resorts. Numerous resorts and sights of interest are featured, alongside a commentary which commends coach travel as the best way to experience the south coast of England.
Sussex Coast 1979 - 80
| Date | 1979 - 1980 | ID | 3112 |
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An amateur film with music and commentary which travels westwards from Rye along the Sussex coast, filming the towns, villages and beaches which populate the coastline.
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