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[Felpham; Tankerton. Festival of Britain and Battersea Funfair]
| Date | 1948 to 1951 | ID | 14202 |
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Friends dance a conga on a beach followed by a wedding and a family visit to the 1951 Festival of Britain funfair site in Battersea Park.
[First Day at School; Fifth Birthday; Festival of Britain]
| Date | 1950; 1951 | ID | 9155 |
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This edited film shows scenes of the Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition, an outing of the Three Bridges Free Church and a trip to London. The film also includes several family occasions that includes meeting a new baby, first day at school, a fifth birthday, a wedding and cutting and eating a home-grown apple in the garden.
[Festival of Britain]
| Date | 1951 | ID | 3373 |
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A group outing to the Festival of Britain Pleasure Gardens at Battersea Park. Members of the group are seen at the fun fair including, boating on the lake, and riding tricycles. The film shows the ‘Crazy House’, the ‘Guinness Clock’ and other exhibition buildings. The group then have tea inside a hall and the ‘Ham Evangelical Free Church’ is shown.
Local News
| Date | 1951 | ID | 3750 |
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A compilation filmed by a local cine society showing events around Brighton, Hove and Southwick.
Gowlland Film 1951
| Date | 1951 | ID | 1683 |
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This film shows the Gowlland Family at various events during the year of 1951. They visit their holiday cottage in Sussex; hold a cocktail party at home; celebrate their daughter's 14th Birthday; visit the Festival of Britain Pleasure Gardens and celebrate 'Grandpa's' 70th Birthday.
![A Still from [Festival of Britain at Whitstable and Other Year Events] (1951) - elderly lady in a deck chair](/wp-content/uploads/films/822/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Festival of Britain at Whitstable and Other Year Events] (1951)")
[Festival of Britain at Whitstable and Other Year Events]
| Date | 1951 | ID | 822 |
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A diary of festivities and events celebrating the Festival of Britain in Whitstable. Each event is introduced with intertitles or newspaper headlines.
Festival of Britain 1951
| Date | 1951 | ID | 2400 |
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A professional film with intertitles which tours the South Bank and Battersea Park sites of the Festival of Britain.
[Festival of Britain; beach scenes; cricket match; racing etc.]
| Date | 1951 | ID | 125 |
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A film from the Ellis family collection. Mr Phil Ellis captures scenes from the Festival of Britain, Brands Hatch, Epsom Racecourse, Chessington Zoo and views from the River Medway in Kent. Family members pose for the camera and are seen enjoying a variety of leisure time activities.
![a still from [Festival of Britain] (1951)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9273/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Festival of Britain] (1951)")
[Festival of Britain]
| Date | 1951 | ID | 9273 |
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This colour film provides highlights of the 1951 Festival of Britain - South Bank Exhibition, held at Waterloo in London. The sights include many of the exhibition buildings, sculptures and art displays, set among the landscaped gardens adjacent to Festival Pier on the South Bank.
Festival of Britain (1951)
| Date | 1951 | ID | 10820 |
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An amateur film documenting the Festival of Britain in London, 1951. This film documents royal visits, London, the Dome of Discovery, boats on the Thames and the festival gardens in Battersea park.
Festival Celebrations In Canterbury
| Date | 18 July - 10 August 1951 | ID | 11628 |
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This film shows events celebrating the Festival of Britain in Canterbury during July and August 1951, including a festival service at the Cathedral, scenes of the exhibition in the City centre, and finally a procession of historical tableau and scenes from Kent's history.
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