Detail
Collection Christopher Harris
Summary
A collection of local films made by Christopher Harris from the late 1960s and early 1970s, featuring Kent and East Sussex.
Collection ID | 1064 | Reference code | K 081217 |
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Title | Christopher Harris | ||
Dates | 1960s - 1970s | ||
Production | Christopher Harris | ||
Materials | FILM Standard 8mm | ||
Access status | Contact Screen Archive South East for details |
Films in this collection:
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[Round & About: Flowers; Bexhill; Zoo]
Date | [ca. 1960 - 1979] | ID | 7924 |
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A family car trip through the Sussex countryside and several towns is interspersed with scenes edited by the film-maker that includes Bodiam Castle, London Zoo, Royal Observatory, Greenwich (London) and flower gardens.
![[Eynsford Friary; Storm at Hastings] (1960s-1970s) [Eynsford Friary; Storm at Hastings] (1960s-1970s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/7921/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Eynsford Friary; Storm at Hastings]
Date | [ca. 1960 - 1970s] | ID | 7921 |
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A film showing scenes around East Sussex and Bexley (Kent) interspersed with footage taken from the front of a car. Scenes include the Eynsford Friary in Bexley, travel on the Bluebell Railway, Hastings Old Town, seafront, Hastings Miniature and funicular railway and several beach scenes at Bexhill-on-Sea.
[Bexleyheath: Sam Ben Simba]
Date | [ca. 1960 - 1970s] | ID | 7922 |
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A sequence of scenes taken at home and whilst travelling around Kent and the London Borough of Greenwich in by Christopher Harris.
[Bexhill & Places: College; St. Peters Christmas; Hidlands; Sea Moods; Hastings; Gravesend; London at Night]
Date | [ca. 1960 - 1970s] | ID | 7923 |
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A collection of scenes from around East Sussex and Kent, interspersed with footage taken from the front of a car, that includes views of a beach, a visit to London with shots of a London Trade Show and domestic Christmas family scenes at home in Bexhill-on-Sea as recorded by Christopher Harris.
[Travels Bexhill: St. Peters; Hastings Fish and Old Town; About Sussex; Rye; Herstmonceux Observatory; Thames Long Reach]
Date | 1972 | ID | 7925 |
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A car travels through Sussex towns and countryside in this film by Christopher Harris. Scenes include the coast and street scenes at Bexhill-on-Sea, Hastings and Rye. The film-maker makes a brief stop at the Royal Observatory, Herstmonceux in Sussex, visiting the Isaac Newton Telescope with views of the Equatorial Group of telescope domes on the opposite side of the road.
[Family Holiday by Car]
Date | 1975 | ID | 7926 |
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This extended film of family holidays includes several landmarks and religious buildings in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bath, taken by Christopher Harris in 1975.
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