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Dear Boys Come Home for the Holidays
Date | 1904 | ID | 8391 |
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Two boys cause havoc in their family home in this 1904 comedy by James Williamson.
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[Marrakech Street Scenes; Heron]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2969 |
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Footage of Marrakech taken by airline pilot Captain William Armstrong. The film contains images of street markets, locals, and the plains beyond the city walls. There is also footage of nesting heron, and of White-European travellers in the garden of their hotel.
[Marrakech; Flight to Rabat]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2971 |
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Amateur film-maker, and airline pilot, Captain William Armstrong records a trip to Marrakech. He films images of other White-European travellers taking tea in the garden of their hotel, of the city's walls, and of an elderly local man carving wood. There is also footage of the coastline, the sea and settlements taken during a flight to Rabat.
[Spanish Street Scenes. Religious Procession]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2972 |
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Amateur film-maker Captain William Armstrong films images of Seville as he travels along its streets in a horse and carriage. There is also brief footage of a religious procession wherein an effigy of Christ on the cross is carried aloft through the urban streets, as well of an open-air market.
[Seville]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2974 |
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An amateur film of a visit to Seville. The film-maker films images of white travellers in a walled garden and in the narrow market streets. There is also footage of the city's shopping streets taken from a moving vehicle.
[Palace Interior; Sierra Nevada; Bullfight]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2975 |
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An amateur film-maker captures images of the Alhambra Palace courtyard, and of Sierra Nevada from a great distance. The film also contains a sequence showing a bullfight in Grenada.
[Palace Interior]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2976 |
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Amateur footage which features footage of the ornate interior of the Alhambra Palace in Grenada.
[Rabat]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2977 |
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Amateur film-maker and airline pilot Captain William Armstrong records images of Rabat. Local street traders occupy the squares and narrow streets of the walled city, and the film-maker visits the manicured gardens of a hotel.

[Aerial Views and Local Scenes of Marrakech]
Date | [ca. 1927] | ID | 2978 |
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Amateur footage of a trip to Marrakech taken by airline pilot Captain William Armstrong.
[Marrakech; Fez]
Date | [ca. 1928] | ID | 2970 |
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An amateur film taken in Marrakech and Fez. The film-maker, an airline pilot, records numerous street scenes and images of the Sultan's Palace, the interior of the Sheriff's House, the Mosque of Medorsa.
[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.
[Egypt; Family Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1929] | ID | 2968 |
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A compilation of home movie material taken by airline pilot Captain William Armstrong whilst in Egypt. A group of White-European people are filmed having a picnic where they are entertained by a local magician. A cruise liner and naval ship join the local craft in port. A pan of a city's rooftop is followed by images of the film-maker's young children.
[Boat from Italy; Pyramids; Air Show; Picnic]
Date | [ca. 1929] | ID | 2979 |
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White-European travellers depart from Italy by sea, playing deck games as their journey gets underway. During his trip to Egypt the film-maker climbs one of the Pyramids, filming a panoramic shot from its zenith. Elsewhere, biplanes perform displays in tight formation. The film ends with footage of a multi-generational picnic.
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[Hong Kong Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1929] | ID | 7087 |
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This film opens with coastal views of a bay in Hong Kong, followed by the Simpson group on a day out exploring the countryside, attending a horse race event and visiting the beach at Repulse Bay.
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[Solar Eclipse; Visit in Ireland]
Date | 29 June 1927; 1927 | ID | 10142 |
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This film depicts views of the total solar eclipse of 1927 followed by a family holiday to Ireland, with seaside views, group outings and portraits of rural settings.
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