[Winter Sports and Summer Outings in the South East]

This black and white edited film shows a group undertaking a series of winter sports in Switzerland (?), followed by a series of outings that include the Southdown bus depot and a mix of East Kent buses with busy street scenes. The group also visit Herne Bay seafront, Margate Lido and the Dreamland Amusement park.

War and Peace

An edited film made solely using wartime footage from the SASE collection and produced by Screen Archive South East to mark the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe.

Herne Bay Newsreel 1939

This is one of a series of local newsreels made by John Clague, featuring events in the town of Herne Bay. The film includes Regatta Day, 'Men of Kent and Kentish Men' luncheon, and Herne Bay covered in snow and the frozen sea.

A.R.P.

This film shows the work of the Herne Bay A.R.P. service during the early years of the Second World War. ARP Members train for bomb and gas-attacks; practising extinguishing incendiary devices and simulating the treatment of casualties. The film also shows a large-scale dress rehearsal for a gas attack and a multi-service parade.

[Herne Bay; Chichester Norcon Works]

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.

[Planes; Garden; Fishing]

This films features planes flying in formation; a couple at the seaside pointing at the sky; white chalk cliffs; and some Second World War defences on the shore line; the family with their spaniel dog; a wooden model of a plane; fishing scenes with a train passing in the background.

[Dence Park Garden; Gas Mask Demonstration]

This film features a teenage boy in cadet uniform demonstrating how to wear a gas mask. Mixed views of summer scenes: deck chairs, a family garden tea party and flowering bushes; family portraits and a panorama of the garden with the sea in the background. Continued on TID_9993

[Norcon Works; Herne Bay]

This film shows highlights of the Norcon Works, Chichester and the family garden at Herne Bay. Views of hundreds of concrete pipes stacked in the yard; a Rabier crane lifts large pipes onto a trailer, with views of several men at work and of the industrial sand works; several warehouses fill the view. In the garden of the house on Dence Park, Herne Bay, views of fruit trees and several houses on the sea front complete the film. Continued from TID_9992

The Great Storm 1953

Scenes of the devastation caused by the severe storms of winter 1953. This amateur film-maker’s record shows the rough seas still battering the coastline at Hampton. The film is intertitled throughout.

The Herne Bay Newsreel 1953 Coronation Year

This is one of a series of newsreels made by John Clague, featuring events in the town of Herne Bay. Thjs film includes major events of 1953 including the Great Storm early in the year, Herne Bay Golf Club, the town carnival, Coronation celebrations, the Conservative garden party and finishes with the 'Cripplecraft' charity fete.