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![A Still from [The Seasons at Otford] (ca.1959)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6150/image_a_thumb.jpg "[The Seasons at Otford] (ca.1959)")
[The Seasons at Otford]
| Date | 1944 | ID | 6150 |
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In this film, Mr. Newman documents a year in Otford, filming the countryside around Otford, as the seasons change over the year.
![A black and white still image from TID 13719 from the opening section in [Family Holidays] (1934/1937) showing two women dressed in one piece bathing costumes, swimming hats and towels walking along a beach.](/wp-content/uploads/films/13719/image_a_thumb.jpg "TID 13719 Archive Films of Romney Marsh (2019)")
Archive films of Romney Marsh
| Date | 26 April 2018 | ID | 13719 |
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Archive film compilation screened as part of the Marsh on Screen film project organised by Screen South May 2018. The film was shown at St Nicholas Church, New Romney for the launch of the film project, part of the Fifth Continent Romney Marsh Landscape Partnership Scheme run by Kent Wildlife Trust and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
[Xmas at Hazeldene. Picking Spring Flowers]
| Date | 1928; 1929 | ID | 2730 |
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Members of the Nightingale family gather in the snow-laden garden of the family home 'Hazeldene' - they build a snowman, have a snowball fight and play musical instruments. The film also contains footage from the following Spring of the Nightingale women picking wild primroses and daffodils.
Country Folk in Other Lands
| Date | [ca. late 1930s] | ID | 1105 |
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The first half of this film with intertitles captures images of the Tarn River and of apple harvesting in France. The second half chronicles the Bedouin Arabs of Tunisia, recording aspects of their nomadic lifestyle, including their pottery and food-making skills.
![A still from [Broadstairs & St. Peter's Items] (1936-1937) showing dancers on a stage](/wp-content/uploads/films/1023/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Broadstairs & St. Peter's Items] (1936-1937)")
[Broadstairs & St. Peter's Items]
| Date | 1936 - 1937 | ID | 1023 |
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A compilation of items filmed by Enid Briggs in Broadstairs in the late 1930s. The selection includes variety performances staged on Broadstairs sands, rough seas and storm damage, a flower show, a display by the Red Cross and the 'Broadstairs Dickens Festival'.
The Main Bay
| Date | 1937 - 1939 | ID | 1020 |
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Scenes filmed by Enid Briggs centering around seaside entertainment and activities in Broadstairs. Items filmed include beach activities, Uncle Mack's Minstrels performing on stage, a prize crop of Potatoes and boating from the Jetty.
[Worthing Flower Show]
| Date | September 1937 | ID | 7390 |
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This film features scenes from the 1937 Worthing Flower show. It includes exterior shots of a large white marquee, visitors to the show paying their entrance fee and seated at a tea tent, as well as a marching band and highland dancers providing entertainment for the crowd.
![A still from [Coronation; Chelsea Flower Show; West Country] (1937)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10153/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Coronation; Chelsea Flower Show; West Country] (1937)")
[Coronation; Chelsea Flower Show; West Country]
| Date | 1937 | ID | 10153 |
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This colour film depicts the Coronation celebrations for HM The King George VI in London, together with scenes from the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show, and views of the rural and coastal environs of the West Country.
Canterbury 1937 Part 4
| Date | 25th July 1937- 11th November 1937 | ID | 11573 |
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This is part 4 of a newsreel made by Sydney Bligh to show the key occasions, festivals and ceremonies in Canterbury and the surrounding area from July to November 1937.
![[Weddings, Christening and Seaside Pictures] (ca.1940s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/4036/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Weddings, Christening and Seaside Pictures] (ca.1940s)")
[Weddings, Christening and Seaside Pictures]
| Date | [ca. 1940s] | ID | 4036 |
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A compilation of amateur films which includes two weddings, a christening and outings to West Sussex beaches.
![A still from [Harvest Scenes] (1944)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6152/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Harvest Scenes] (1944)")
[Harvest Scenes]
| Date | [ca. 1944] | ID | 6152 |
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This film shows the harvest taking place in the countryside during 1944. It includes scenes of farm labourers gathering hay and horse-drawn carts being used to transport it.
[Holidays in Hawaii]
| Date | December 1949; April 1950; May 1951 | ID | 1436 |
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A trip to Hawaii begins at Waikiki Beach, including film of surfers performing elaborate tricks for the camera, and the nearby city of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Voss then travels to the island of Hawaii where he visits a volcano and a tree fern rainforest in the Hawaii National Park. Some professionally made film scenes are intercut with Voss's own film.
Quiet Weekends: An Introduction to Country Life
| Date | [ca. 1950s] | ID | 3116 |
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Home movie material shot by a member of Haywards Heath & District Amateur Cine Society. The film starts with images of the landscaping of the garden and driveway of a large family home. Guests visit the house when the manual work has been completed and enjoy a picnic on the lawn. Colour images of the house and its garden in spring and winter end the film.
Countryman's Diary
| Date | 1950 | ID | 2410 |
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This colour amateur film, made by a member of Haywards Heath & District Amateur Cine Society, captures the changing face of the agricultural landscape over the course of ten months.
[News Review]
| Date | [ca. 1950s] | ID | 131 |
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A compilation of scenes from around the South East of England captured by a member of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers during the 1950s. The film shows a variety of events, people and places, including members of the Royal Family and the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, at his Sussex home. This silent film includes intertitles throughout.
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