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A Visit to Peek Frean and Co. Biscuit Works
Date | 1906 | ID | 1610 |
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~A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works~ represents one of the earliest surviving examples of a film documenting British industry. The film records the stages involved in the semi-automated manufacture of biscuits at the Peek Frean and Co. factory (Clements Road) in Bermondsey, South London, from the delivery of raw materials to the distribution of the finished article. Each stage is introduced by an explanatory intertitle.
![TID 13717 Chichester [Drive-in Cinema Short], (2020)
A black and white still image taken from TID 13717, showing the front nose of a non traditional tram or rail carriage stopped at a station platform.](/wp-content/uploads/films/13717/image_a_thumb.jpg)
Chichester [Drive-in Cinema Short]
Date | 2020 | ID | 13717 |
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A short compilation of film material held by Screen Archive South East, screened at the Chichester Drive-in cinema events in August 2020. One of two shorts screened during the event with accompanying music composed by Nina Humphreys
![[Visit to Foochow; Bradford Dyers Association in Shanghai] (ca.1929) a still from [Visit to Foochow; Bradford Dyers Association in Shanghai] (ca.1929)](/wp-content/uploads/films/7089/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Visit to Foochow; Bradford Dyers Association in Shanghai]
Date | [ca. 1929] | ID | 7089 |
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This black and white film features coastal and rural scenes of Fuzhou with boats and smaller trading vessels in a bay. The second part of the film highlights street scenes from 'The Bund', Shanghai with interior and exterior shots of a colonial office building of the Bradford Dyers Association. Street scenes outside show everyday life, with street traders and children playing in the street.
![[Bradford Dyers Association Shanghai; Courtyard] (ca.1929) a still from [Bradford Dyers Association Shanghai; Courtyard] (ca.1929)](/wp-content/uploads/films/7091/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Bradford Dyers Association Shanghai; Courtyard]
Date | [ca. 1929] | ID | 7091 |
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Film of people in the Bradford Dyers Association (BDA) office in Shanghai, and socialising in a courtyard.
![[Australia visit and West Sussex] (1930-1935?) A still from [Australia visit and West Sussex] (1930-1935?) showing a woman with the ship's crew](/wp-content/uploads/films/3451/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Australia Visit and West Sussex]
Date | [ca. 1930 - 1935] | ID | 3451 |
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An Amateur film showing the Sadler family in various locations, featuring a trip to Australia on board the P&O ship, SS Strathnaver, traveling via the Suez Canal. The film also shows the Sadler family's shop in Chichester and a number of family scenes.
[Building of New House]
Date | [1932?] | ID | 7978 |
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Dr. Thomas Hately Macfie records in detail his new house being built, in typically grand and modern style, in Bognor Regis. His wife and daughter explore the construction site, and workers labour to finish the founations, first and second storey, roof and garden.

Ancient and Modern
Date | [ca. 1933] | ID | 3263 |
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An advertising film made to promote Shippam's meat paste. The film emphasises the contrast between the ancient buildings and history of Chichester against the modern machinery and processes of the Shippam's factory based there.

Thatchers Old World Tea House
Date | January - May 1934 | ID | 7712 |
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An amateur film from the 1934 documenting the construction and opening of 'Thatchers Old World Tea House' in East Horsley, Surrey. Various trades are seen hard at work during the construction of the building. The film also features the tea house after it was opened to the public; waitresses serve lunches to customers sitting in the garden.

British Home Design [Davis Estates Ltd]
Date | 1935 | ID | 5456 |
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A film by Davis Estates Ltd promoting their new suburban housing developments in the counties surrounding London. The film shows the building process and takes a tour of the new buildings and interiors. The local amenities and access to London by rail are emphasised along with the advantage of purchase over renting.
![[Jack Martin Pilot] (1937-1945?) A still from [Jack Martin Pilot] (1937-1945?) showing the Sadler & Co. shopfront](/wp-content/uploads/films/3448/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Pilot Jack Martin]
Date | [1937 - 1945?] | ID | 3448 |
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An amateur/family film made just before and during the Second World War. The film features sea planes and military bands at Buckingham Palace as well as various scenes of war-time family life and the Sadler's family business.
Round The Town
Date | 1938 | ID | 880 |
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An amateur film with intertitles which tours Folkestone in the immediate pre-Second World War era. The film was made by members of the Martin Walter Ltd Garage which features heavily.
![[Sargent Bus & Coach Services] (1939-1977) A still from [Sargent Bus & Coach Services] (1939-1977) - a 'Sargents' coach](/wp-content/uploads/films/4426/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Sargent Bus & Coach Services]
Date | 1939 - 1977 | ID | 4426 |
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Documenting the East Grinstead-based bus and coach company, the film covers trips from the early days of the company in the 1930s through to later ventures at the company’s car showroom in the 1970s.
![[Herne Bay; Chichester Norcon Works] [1942] A still from [Herne Bay; Chichester Norcon Works] [1942]](/wp-content/uploads/films/9991/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Herne Bay; Chichester Norcon Works]
Date | [ca. 1942] | ID | 9991 |
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This colour film opens with the family group having tea, socialising together and wandering around in the garden. The second film features the Norcon Works industrial units outside Chichester, with mixed stacks of concrete pipes and moulded items grouped in the yard.
![[Family and Children; Garden; Austin Reed Headquarters] (1946?) a still from [Family and Children; Garden; Austin Reed Headquarters] (1946?)](/wp-content/uploads/films/5428/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Family and Children; Garden; Austin Reed Headquarters]
Date | [ca. 1946?] | ID | 5428 |
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This film opens with group portrait shots of the extended family, taken in the family garden. In the next scene, Austin Reed and the Board of Directors (?) pose together on the roof of the Austin Reed Headquarters at Summit House, Red Lion Square, London. Views of the open square and street scenes follow, with additional shots of the facade of an Austin Reed branded building.
![[Shippam's Rock and Roll] (1950s) A still from '[Shippam's Rock and Roll]' (1908) showing an animated chicken playing the guitar](/wp-content/uploads/films/3273/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Shippam’s Rock and Roll]
Date | [ca. 1950s] | ID | 3273 |
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A Short animated cinema advertisement for Shippam's fish and meat pastes, with a rock and roll theme. A chicken with a guitar sings a rock and roll style song about Shippam's pastes.
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