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Boats at Henley; or, Thames River Scene
| Date | 1899 | ID | 8398 |
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A scene on the Thames, shot from a boat by Cecil Hepworth in 1899.
[Steam Train]
| Date | [ca. 1920s?] | ID | 8167 |
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A compilation of very short shots that include a view of an approaching steam locomotive from a railway bridge, a shot of the sky; a group of men [Naval seamen in dress uniforms?] in a field at a distance from the camera - one with a pick-axe digging (?); closing with a bi-plane flying over head.
[Country Bridge]
| Date | [ca. 1920s ?] | ID | 8172 |
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This brief film shows two women walking across a bridge over a river in the countryside, later seated on a style, lighting cigarettes. The film closes with the women sat in long grass smoking and posing for the camera.
[Family Scenes; Holidays; At Stonelands]
| Date | [1927 - 1930?] | ID | 726 |
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Rudd family scenes from the late 1920s and early 1930s, filmed by Mr. and Mrs. Rudd in their garden at Stonelands in Bramley and while on holidays to Brighton, Arundel, Scotland and Cornwall [?] to visit friends and relatives.
![A still from [Violette Cordery Motoring World Tour] (1927)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10645/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Violette Cordery Motoring World Tour] (1927)")
[Violette Cordery Motoring World Tour]
| Date | 1927 | ID | 10645 |
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This multi-reel film shows a series of stops on a World Tour by Miss Violette (Violet) Cordery, an English female motorist travelling in an Invicta car travelling 10.266 miles, by road and sea. The tour includes UK; France; North Africa; India, Australia; USA, and Canada. [Only Reel 1 is shown in the online clip].
[King's Mead School Sports, Outings and Recreational Activities; Army Artillery Display; Royal Navy Fleet]
| Date | [ca. 1928 - 1930] | ID | 2955 |
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A compilation of amateur material showing the pupils of King's Mead Preparatory School engaged in a variety of recreational activities, and a flotilla of Royal Navy ships.
Tour of Devon and Cornwall
| Date | [ca. 1930 ?] | ID | 8174 |
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This extended intertitled travelogue shows a group tour through the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset visiting many noted landmarks that includes the Madron Wishing Well and Chapel, standing stones of the Mên-an-Tol, the coast at Lands End with the "First and Last House" and the Daily Mail sign; Exeter; St Ives; the town of Clovelly in Devon; the moorlands of Dartmoor and Exmoor; the seaside towns of Penzance, Dawlish, Plymouth and Newlyn.
[Tour: Australia Bridge]
| Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6464 |
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This short film shows views of a city harbour (Sydney?) with workers constructing a bridge, seen from an elevated position. The camera pans across two men, talking on the bridge, to capture views of the landscape; showing boats, industrial structures, cranes and workers, against a backdrop of built up residential areas along the water.
![A Still from A Typical Budget [West Sussex News Items] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/8178/image_a_thumb.jpg "A Typical Budget [West Sussex News Items] (1930s)")
A Typical Budget [West Sussex News Items]
| Date | [ca. 1930s?] | ID | 8178 |
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A film complilation showing notable events in Bognor Regis and nearby locations in West Sussex that includes the S.S. Mango ashore at Selsey and the ruins of Cowdray House, Midhurst.
![A still from [London to Australia] (1930)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9328/image_a_thumb.jpg "[London to Australia] (1930)")
[London to Australia]
| Date | 22-23 May 1930 | ID | 9328 |
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An intertitled travelogue film of a trip to Australia starts with a map showing the journey from London to Australia, followed by views at different stages of the route: a bus; arrival at a train station; a sea voyage; the crew and other passengers aboard ship. The ship docks in Melbourne showing several streets scenes. On to Sydney, with the Harbour Bridge, still under construction. A title reads: "Manley Beach" (sic) with footage of surfers and soldier crabs; closing with views over Brisbane.
![[Motor Cycle Final Club?] (1931)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6467/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Motor Cycle Final Club?] (1931)")
[Motor Cycle Final Club?]
| Date | [1931] | ID | 6467 |
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This short film shows members of the Chichester Motorcycle Club (on motorcylces and in cars) driving along several rural country roads, through a village and a river, during a time trial, as filmed by Ernest Shippam in 1931.
![[Canoeing] (ca.1933)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6469/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Canoeing] (ca.1933)")
[Canoeing]
| Date | [ca. 1933] | ID | 6469 |
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This reel shows canoeing on the river Thames in London, followed by several family scenes showing a woman with a young child in a garden, as filmed by Ernest Shippam in 1933.
[Caravan Trip]
| Date | Spring 1933 | ID | 723 |
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Scenes filmed by Mr. and Mrs. Rudd while on a caravan tour of Scotland, passing over rivers and through the mountainous landscape, taking picnics on the coast and camping by lochs.
[Work on the River Thames Bridges; Reconstruction of Waterloo Bridge]
| Date | [ca. 1934] | ID | 2661 |
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Waterloo bridge is seen under construction . A sign reads: 'London County Council, reconstruction of Waterloo Bridge'. There are scenes of buses and traffic, cranes and construction workers. Cargo boats pass on the river. Tram number '33' with a 'Guinness for Strength' advertisement passes by. Stone masonry work is carried out. A sign reads: 'We've Got to be Prepared'.
Boat Trip; MS Stella Polaris
| Date | [ca. 1935?] | ID | 3215 |
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Film by Ralph Staley of a cruise with his wife Nellie aboard the Norwegian liner MS Stella Polaris. They stop at the port of Stockholm, and Copenhagen amongst other destinations. On board, deck coits and other games are played, passengers relax on deck, and Nellie is seen washing in their cabin and looking out to sea from a window. A Finnish boat/plane (OH-ALK) is seen leaving the shoreline adjacent to the ship at one of the stops.
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