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[Bernard Leach short films]
Date | [ca. 1920s]; 1966 | ID | 9484 |
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Four short films on a compilation reel showing Bernard Leach at various locations including: 1. St. Erth in the 1930s, 2. The Leach pottery in the 1920s, 3. A trip to Colombia in 1966 and 4. Matsue in the 1920s
[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.
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.
[Family Barclay Film II: Holiday Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 3347 |
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Family scenes filmed on a camping trip in the 1930s by an unknown cinematographer.
![[Beach Scenes] (1930s) A still from [Beach Scenes] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6219/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Beach Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6219 |
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Lewis Rosenberg's film shows a group of adults and around a dozen young girls at a campsite in Cornwall. The film captures relaxed moments at the camp; surfers bodyboarding; and rural farming scenes.
![[The Big Board at Newquay] (1930s) A still from [The Big Board at Newquay] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6223/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[The Big Board at Newquay]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6223 |
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This film shows a group of Jewish friends on a camping and surfing holiday in Newquay. The group film themselves at the campsite, surfing, horse riding and playing at the beach.
![[Surfing Scenes] (1930s) A still from [Surfing Scenes] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6224/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Surfing Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6224 |
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A group of men go on a camping holiday in Guernsey, taking their bodyboards to the beach to catch waves, along with sightseeing on Guernsey and Sark.
![[Cornwall] (1930s) A still from [Cornwall] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6225/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Cornwall]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6225 |
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A group of friends enjoy a holiday around Newquay, Cornwall, playing games, tennis and horse-riding.
[“Puranpath” Fishing]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 8982 |
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This black and white film shows the Lockwood Family and a group of friends out on a fishing boat from Falmouth, Cornwall. The group line-fish, eat their sandwich lunch and drink alcohol aboard the boat in a bay at Perranporth, Cornwall (?). A young boy also films their trip from the top of the boat with his handheld Cine-Kodak (?) camera.
[Coastal Scenes; Fishing]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 8984 |
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The short edited black and white film shows an extended Lockwood family on holiday at a seaside resort, fishing and swimming in the sea.
![TID 12266 [Odd Pieces; Jim Bryant], (1930s)
A wide black and white still image taken from TID 12266, showing a group of boys from the Feagan's home standing on a platform waiting for a narrow gauge Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway locomotive with carriages, to pull into the station platform.](/wp-content/uploads/films/12266/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Odd Pieces; Jim Bryant]
Date | 1930s | ID | 12266 |
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An amateur film of Fegans Children's Home trips to Cornwall, Hythe and Croydon featuring miniature railways and period airliners.

A Filmic Review No: 1
Date | [1934 - 1935?] | ID | 1114 |
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A compilation of amateur material which includes footage of some of London's famous landmarks, such as Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus, the floats being paraded at Birchington Carnival, Beaulieu Abbey, Cobham's Air Display, Margate's seafront in the height of summer, and Land's End.
Motoring Holiday in Devon and Cornwall
Date | July 1934 | ID | 572 |
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A home movie with intertitles which chronicles a holiday around the Devon and Cornwall coasts. The camera focuses on the holidaymakers and on the coastline, capturing images of beaches populated by sunbathers, swimmers and body-boarders.
![[At the Seaside] (ca.1935) A Still from [At the Seaside] (ca.1935) - Joseph and Jocelyn Emberton (father and daughter) on the beach](/wp-content/uploads/films/1537/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[At the Seaside]
Date | [ca. 1935] | ID | 1537 |
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Scenes of the Emberton family on holiday at the seaside at Polzeath, playing on the beach and in the sea. A second part of the film shows the family at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and features architecture designed by Joseph Emberton.
[War Time at Mile Oak School; Boys Camp; Family Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1935]; 1937; 1942 | ID | 239 |
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A compilation of amateur material shot by the Headmaster of Mile Oak Approved Boys School. The film includes footage showing the impact of the Second World War on the school - pupils are filmed building air-raid shelters, as is the aftermath of a bombing raid.
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