Morgins: Jan 10 - Feb 2 1930

Home movie footage of a skiing holiday to Switzerland. The male and female holidaymakers are filmed learning to ski on the nursery slopes, attempting a slalom course, playing in an ice-hockey match, and competing in various outdoor ice-skating races. The film-maker was a Captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment.

[2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, Karachi]

Captain Cyril R. Peckitt created this visual record of life in Karachi whilst he was stationed there with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in the early 1930s. The film includes images of the journeys to and from Pakistan, of Regimental activities, and of the Karachi itself. It provides a fascinating record of Regimental life in Asia during the latter stage of the Empire.

[Coronation of HM The King George VI,1937]

Huge crowds line the streets of London, watching as a parade of armed forces from across the Empire and of numerous VIPs leads the Golden Coach carrying HM King George VI on his Coronation Day.