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[Military March] or [Fire Brigade Turn-out in the Country]
Date | [1899?] | ID | 8419 |
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The 12th Infantry Brigade march from Dover to Arundel in this film by Charles Goodwin Norton of 1899.
Fire!
Date | 1901 | ID | 8389 |
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Firemen rescue a family trapped in a burning house in this 1901 film by James Williamson.
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.
![[East Grinstead Local Scenes] (c.1913) A still from [East Grinstead Local Scenes] (c.1913)](/wp-content/uploads/films/2194/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[East Grinstead Local Scenes; Remembrance Day]
Date | [1913-1922] | ID | 2194 |
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The first part is a short news item from the early 1910s showing general street scenes in East Grinstead, a parade and the East Grinstead Urban District Council Fire Brigade Sports. The second part, from 1922, shows the train station and the arrival of the North Somerset Yeomanry in the town with a parade of local regiments.

A Molesey Pageant
Date | July 1913 | ID | 1521 |
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A short film showing a medieval-themed fete taking place on Tagg’s Island on the River Thames. The pageant is part of a fundraising fete in aid of the widows’ and orphans’ fund of the National Fire Brigades Union.
[Cuckfield Fire Brigade]
Date | [ca. 1920s - 1930s] | ID | 3115 |
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An amateur film showing Cuckfield Fire Brigade giving several public demonstrations in Cuckfield Park (?), a nighttime fire at a large house, and children tobogganing in the snow.

A Fireman’s Wedding
Date | [ca. 1920s?] | ID | 8150 |
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A short intertitled film showing scenes from a 'fireman's wedding' at an urban church. The newly weds are seen exiting the church under an arch of fire axes. The couple then leave in the decorated fire engine.
![[Sussex and Hampshire Scenes] (1930s) A still from [Sussex and Hampshire Scenes] (1930s) showing a woman shopping](/wp-content/uploads/films/3379/image_a_thumb.jpg)
Sussex and Hampshire Scenes
Date | [ca. 1930s]; [ca. 1960s] | ID | 3379 |
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A collection of scenes of Midhurst, Petersfield, Steyning, Horsham, Portsmouth and Worthing, made during the 1930s and early 1960s. The scenes focus on a woman (sometimes accompanied) visiting these towns, with the features of urban life - transport, shopping and leisure activities - providing a backdrop. Shop and business signage is strongly featured.
[Bushey Fire Brigade; The Joke]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 548 |
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Scenes of a building after a fire and an Inex Motion Picture comedy sketch, produced by Jack Ellam in the 1930s.

[Miscellaneous: Guards; Caravan Holiday; Family Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1930s - 1940s] | ID | 3897 |
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The film opens with a silent Movietone News clip covering King Edward VIII on 16 July 1936 attending the Trooping of the Colour and the assassination attempt. The next section shows the Coronation Scot rail service from Euston to Glasgow. Black and White and Colour footage shows family scenes on a camping holiday and in a domestic garden.
![[A ÔCapitolÕ Newsreel by Clifford Spain IV] (1932-1937) a still from [A ÔCapitolÕ Newsreel by Clifford Spain IV] (1932-1937)](/wp-content/uploads/films/1519/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[A ‘Capitol’ Newsreel by Clifford Spain IV]
Date | 1932 - 1937 | ID | 1519 |
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A compilation of films of local interest which which were exhibited in a newsreel format at the Capitol Cinema in Walton-on-Thames by its manager Clifford Spain. The films record community events including fetes, and Coronation and Jubilee celebrations. A large proportion of the footage films the people who attended the events.

Regis Review [1]
Date | [1936-1937?] | ID | 3166 |
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A compilation of local news and events in and around Bognor Regis including; the opening of new town buildings, a house on fire, fitness classes and sports, fancy dress and beauty competitions, the town carnival and Coronation procession. The items have been edited together at a later date; intertitles introduce each item.
Fire in Their Eyes
Date | [ca. 1937]; 1968; [ca. 1978] | ID | 3106 |
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Archive footage of the Haywards Heath Fire Brigade just prior to the Second World War is followed by images of vintage fire engines and of fire service demonstrations at Expo Sussex '68; an Open Day at Haywards Heath Fire Station in the 1970s; local fires; and the International Fire Training Centre in Gloucestershire.
![[Pre-war and Wartime Scenes] (1937-1941?) A still from [Pre-war and Wartime Scenes] (1937-1941?) showing Tony Gaze in RAF uniform feeding a rabit](/wp-content/uploads/films/3447/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Pre-war and Wartime Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1937 - 1941] | ID | 3447 |
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A family film made just before and during the early part of the Second World War depicting everyday life. A variety of locations and family members are featured, including several servicemen in uniform.
![[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.
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