Detail
Collection Enid Briggs pt1
Summary
Enid Briggs filmed scenes in Broadstairs in the 1920s and 1930s many featuring events in the town and scenes of traditional seaside pursuits in the resort.
Collection ID | 56 | Reference code | K 940000 / 1 |
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Title | Enid Briggs pt1 | ||
Dates | 1920s - 1930s | ||
Production | Enid Briggs | ||
Materials | Film 16mm Documentation Books | ||
Access status | Contact Screen Archive South East for details |
Description
Enid Briggs filmed scenes in Broadstairs in the 1920s and 1930s. These films are of particular interest because they come from the rare perspective of a woman film-maker from that period, and also because they provide a considered and well-executed depiction of local events, places and scenes.
Enid Semple Briggs was born to a wealthy family in Leeds in 1898, moving to Broadstairs in 1929 with her mother and sister Phyllis. Their home, 'North Foreland House' (credited as NFH in some of her film titles) was situated on the cliff top in Broadstairs. It was there that she took up the expensive hobby of film-making.
Enid Briggs filmed on 16mm, capturing scenes of Broadstairs. Her films featured her own family activities and outings as well as local events such as the Broadstairs Water Gala, Armistice day, and the return of soldiers from Germany in 1929. Many of her films also focused on scenes of traditional seaside pursuits at the resort.
Alongside amateur film-making, Enid Briggs devoted her time from the late 1930s to the 1960s to running a working horse and donkey sanctuary called 'The Ranch'. She died in 1973. Her surviving films are now held in the Screen Archive South East collection.
Films in this collection:
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![[Broadstairs Items] (1927-1935) A still from [Broadstairs Items] (1927-1935) showing a woman waterskiing](/wp-content/uploads/films/1021/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Broadstairs Items]
Date | 1927 - 1935 | ID | 1021 |
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A compilation of scenes and events filmed in Broadstairs from 1927 to 1935, including the Broadstairs 'Water Sports' gala in 1927, Uncle Mack's Minstrels on stage, a fishing competition, and a trip to the North Goodwin light ship.
![[Town and Family Scenes at Broadstairs] (1929-1938) A still from [Town and Family Scenes at Broadstairs] (1929-1938) showing Women in sun hats](/wp-content/uploads/films/1019/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Town and Family Scenes at Broadstairs]
Date | 1929 - 1938 | ID | 1019 |
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A compilation of scenes and events in Broadstairs, filmed on various dates in the mid and late 1930s with some scenes from the late 1920s. Items include a visit to a lighthouse, a Keep Fit class, horse riding, the Bohemia Theatre and the return of Rhine Army troops in 1929.
![[Broadstairs and Margate Items] (1929-1938) a still from [Broadstairs and Margate Items] (1929-1938)](/wp-content/uploads/films/1022/image_a_thumb.jpg)
Date | 1929 - 1938 | ID | 1022 |
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A compilation of scenes of family and friends, filmed by Enid Briggs in and around Broadstairs. The films include: a visit to the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway, outings to Deal and Margate piers, boys on a boating lake; members of the Briggs family and friends in their garden, on the beach (including Enid Briggs herself playing with a dog on the beach), and horse riding.

[Uncle Mack’s Minstrels]
Date | 1930 - 1931 | ID | 1018 |
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A compilation of several different performances, filmed by local amateur film-maker, Enid Briggs. The film has intertitles throughout.
![[Broadstairs & St. Peter's Items] (1936-1937) A still from [Broadstairs & St. Peter's Items] (1936-1937) showing dancers on a stage](/wp-content/uploads/films/1023/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Broadstairs & St. Peter's Items]
Date | 1936 - 1937 | ID | 1023 |
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A compilation of items filmed by Enid Briggs in Broadstairs in the late 1930s. The selection includes variety performances staged on Broadstairs sands, rough seas and storm damage, a flower show, a display by the Red Cross and the 'Broadstairs Dickens Festival'.

The Main Bay
Date | 1937 - 1939 | ID | 1020 |
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Scenes filmed by Enid Briggs centering around seaside entertainment and activities in Broadstairs. Items filmed include beach activities, Uncle Mack's Minstrels performing on stage, a prize crop of Potatoes and boating from the Jetty.
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