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Collection Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton Oral History
Summary
This collection includes a series of oral history interview recordings with sisters Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and Gillian Farwell (nee Emberton). Edited extracts from the interviews have been combined with home movie footage filmed by their father, prominent British architect Joseph Emberton, in the 1930s and 1950s.
| Collection ID | 1474 | Reference code | WS 110729 |
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| Title | Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton Oral History | ||
| Dates | April 2010 | ||
| Production | Screen Archive South East, Emberton Oral History | ||
| Materials | Digital Video | ||
| Access status | Copyright and access restrictions apply, contact Screen Archive South East for details | ||
Description
The Emberton film collection, held by Screen Archive South East, offers a detailed portrait of the family life of the prominent modernist British architect Joseph Emberton. The large collection of engaging and beautifully shot films strongly feature his two daughters Jocelyn and Gillian as they grew up in their affluent Surrey home. The significance of the collection led the archive to conduct a series of oral history interview recordings with the sisters in 2010 and in 2013. In the interviews, the sisters reflected on their memories of family life; their home; their father's work and travels; and the experience of being filmed. Various clips on these themes were then taken from the full recording and edited together with the original Emberton family films made in the 1930s and 1950s. The large collection of Emberton family films can be found in the Screen Archive South East collection: CID: 43.
Films in this collection:
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![a still from 'Joseph Emberton and his family' [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 1] (2010)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10753/image_a_thumb.jpg "Joseph Emberton and his family [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 1] (2010)")
Joseph Emberton and his family [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 1]
| Date | April 2010 | ID | 10753 |
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An edited extract from an oral history interview with Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and her sister Gillian Farwell, talking about their memories of their father, prominent British architect Joseph Emberton, his home movies from the 1930s and 1950s, and their family life. This short film combines interview footage with material from the archive collection featuring their childhood home.
![a still from 'Memories of 'The Mount' [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 2] (2010)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10754/image_a_thumb.jpg "Memories of 'The Mount' [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 2] (2010)")
Memories of 'The Mount' [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 2]
| Date | April 2010 | ID | 10754 |
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An edited extract from an oral history interview with Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and her sister Gillian Farwell, talking about their childhood and the home movies in the 1930s and 1950s, filmed by their farther, prominent British architect Joseph Emberton. This short film combines interview footage with material from the archive featuring their childhood garden.
![a still from 'Mrs Emberton; The clothes we wore' [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 3]](/wp-content/uploads/films/10755/image_a_thumb.jpg "Mrs Emberton; The clothes we wore [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 3]")
Mrs Emberton; The clothes we wore [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 3]
| Date | April 2010 | ID | 10755 |
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An edited extract from an oral history interview with Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and her sister Gillian Farwell; talking about their memories of the clothes they and their mother wore. This short film combines interview footage with material from home movies from the 1930s and 1950s, filmed by their father, prominent British architect Joseph Emberton.
![a still from 'Mr Emberton's Work at Blackpool Pleasure Beach' [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 4]](/wp-content/uploads/films/10756/image_a_thumb.jpg "Mr Emberton's Work at Blackpool Pleasure Beach [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 4]")
Mr Emberton's Work at Blackpool Pleasure Beach [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 4]
| Date | April 2010 | ID | 10756 |
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An edited extract from an oral history interview with sisters Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and Gillian Farwell, talking about their memories of their father, Joseph Emberton and his work in designing Blackpool Pleasure Beach. This short film combines the interview footage with material from the archive collection filmed by the prominent British architect in the 1930s. Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and her sister Gillian Farwell talk about their memories
![a still from 'Reflections on the Films' [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 5]](/wp-content/uploads/films/10757/image_a_thumb.jpg "Reflections on the Films [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 5]")
Reflections on the Films [Jocelyn and Gillian Emberton oral history interview clip 5]
| Date | April 2010 | ID | 10757 |
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Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and her sister Gillian Farwell talk about their childhood memories and their family home movies, in this oral history session filmed in 2010. The film combines interview footage with their home movies, filmed by their father Joseph Emberton, a prominent British architect in the 1930s.
Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and Gillian Farwell oral history interview
| Date | April 2010 | ID | 10758 |
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Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood and her sister Gillian Farwell talk about their memories in this unedited informal oral history session filmed in 2010. Extracts have been edited together with archive footage into 5 short clips available online.
Gillian and Jocelyn Emberton with 'Nanny Aldred'
| Date | 15/04/2013 | ID | 10752 |
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Jocelyn Emberton-Underwood, her sister Gillian Farwell and their former Nanny 'Aldred' talk about their memories in this informal oral history/reminiscence session filmed in 2013. Edited extracts from this interview have also been created to highlight specific topics.
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