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Scene on Brighton Beach
| Date | 1896-1897? | ID | 8365 |
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Visitors to Brighton Beach filmed by either George Albert Smith or Robert Paul from a single fixed position.
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.
Lady Cyclists
| Date | [ca. 1902] | ID | 8390 |
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Women ride bicycles around markers in this film by James Williamson from around 1902.
Rival Barbers
| Date | 1906 | ID | 8395 |
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When a barber defaces his rival's sign it is another who is blamed for the offense in this 1906 film by James Williamson.
£100 Reward
| Date | 1908 | ID | 8397 |
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A dog earns a reward which transforms the fortunes of a family in this 1908 James Williamson production.
At Home and Holiday Scenes
| Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 508 |
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This film mixes home movies taken in and around Brighton and Hove, showing Tanner family life and local points of interest, along with landscape holiday footage from Naples and Monte Carlo.
[Trains & Transport]
| Date | [ca. 1930s - 1950s] | ID | 3375 |
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A compilation of amateur material recording trains, locomotives and railway stations in England and the United States of America. The film also contains footage of a Battle of Britian dogfight in which one of the pilots is forced to parachute from his plane. Stations that feature include Hove, Brighton, Dyke branch, Worthing, London Victoria, Waterloo, and Brookwood.
![[Brighton Beach and Activities] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6214/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Brighton Beach and Activities] (1930s)")
[Brighton Beach and Activities]
| Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6214 |
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This edited black and white film provides highlights of a variety of different leisure time activities and events undertaken by the Hilson family.
[Golf]
| Date | [ca. mid 1930s] | ID | 566 |
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This film, made by golf enthusiast Charles Ross, comprises of a lengthy sequence of amateur golf players playing at West Hove Golf Club. The men, many of whom wear plus-fours, are filmed repeatedly driving, swinging and putting. The films were made in order for the golf club members to study their technique at a later date.
Barry’s Babyhood
| Date | 1933 - 1934 | ID | 6212 |
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This black and white edited family film starts with an opening title: “City of Hereford” (the name of a pub in Kemp Town) and an intertitle: "Believe it or not - the life history of Barry Oliver Hilson.” The film documents life events for Barry Hilson, followed by a series of test shots and titles created during the production of the film, but not used in the final cut.
![A still from [Ross Family Pictures III] (1930s) - Mrs Ross](/wp-content/uploads/films/567/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Ross Family Pictures III] (1930s)")
Ross Family Pictures III
| Date | [ca. mid 1930s - mid 1940s] | ID | 567 |
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One of several home movie compilations belonging to the Ross family. The footage, which includes some Dufaycolor, captures family gatherings and outings to the beach, as well images of golf players.
Southern Seaside
| Date | [1935?] | ID | 8429 |
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Scenes from all along the South Coast from Bournemouth to Margate, broken up by intertitles and produced by Marion Grierson in the 1930s.
Summer Day
| Date | 1937 | ID | 584 |
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A home movie showing family members and their dog at home and on holiday during 1937. The film also features the Camberley Carnival of the same year, and two weddings at St. George's, Camberley and St. Peter's, Old Woking. The family holiday at Hove and tour around the north Devon coast.
[College; Brighton; West Wickham; War Preparations; Christmas; Racing]
| Date | 1937; 1938 | ID | 7491 |
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A compilation of material filmed mainly by Emile Lauste, featuring family members and their activities. The film includes a number of scenes of Alva and the family at Wye College, Leslie in Hove and Lauste family and friends at Tudor House.
Sussex: Dyke Railway
| Date | [31 December 1938?] | ID | 3458 |
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This short newsreel features a Southern steam locomotive on the Dyke Railway as it begins its last journey. Snow falls at The Dyke station as the Station Master, Mr Charles James Weller, is seen coupling the carriage to the locomotive and passing the 'staff' to the train driver to authorise the train's journey on the single track line.
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