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Innsbruck
Date | 1937 | ID | 4896 |
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Film by members of the Eltham Cine Society of a trip to Innsbruck, showing; scenes around the town, swimming and table tennis at a Lido, and a climb to the summit of Mount Serles.

[Visit to the Zoo Swans and other Fowl]
Date | 1939 | ID | 5405 |
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This film shows scenes of the animal enclosures and habitats at a zoo, including: lions, monkeys, flamingos, penguins, bears and various wild fowl. The first part of the film is in black & white, the last scene in colour, shows a group of swans with cygnets.
![[Coronation Naval Review; Holiday; Hay Farm] (1937) A still from [Coronation Naval Review; Holiday; Hay Farm] (1937)](/wp-content/uploads/films/5421/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Coronation Naval Review; Holiday; Hay Farm]
Date | 1937 | ID | 5421 |
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This film features a Royal Naval Review at Spithead, Southampton to commemorate the coronation of King George VI. The Reed family view the display aboard a pleasure craft. The second part of the film provides scenes from the family's visit to Instow in Devon, that includes a trip to the beach and a working farm.

Croydon Beautiful
Date | 1937 | ID | 8602 |
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This edited colour and black and white films highlights places of interest in Croydon, Surrey. The film has intertitles throughout and opens with images of Croydon. The film includes material from Croydon Aerodrome/ Airport, aircraft movement, the 1920s terminal building, panorama footage from on top of Park Hill Water Tower, Coronation lights on Croydon Town Hall at night and Kings Wood bluebells in bloom.

Holiday News of Bracklesham
Date | August 1937 | ID | 8607 |
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This black and white and colour edited film shows the Hinchliff family going on holiday to Bracklesham Bay. The process of leaving home and getting to their holiday accommodation is shown, along with their holiday activities. The film has short intertitles throughout.
![[Arundel; Shoreham; Southsea; Isle of Wight] (1937/1938) A still from [Arundel; Shoreham; Southsea; Isle of Wight] (19337/1938)](/wp-content/uploads/films/8603/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Arundel; Shoreham; Southsea; Isle of Wight]
Date | 1937; 1938 | ID | 8603 |
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This colour and black and white film show views of Arundel village and castle. Internal shots of the castle and grounds are shown in detail. The film then shows a miniature railway in Southsea, and paddle steamers on the Isle of Wight followed by a tour around the coast of the Isle of Wight, including Sandown and Shanklin piers, The Needles and lighthouse.
![Dinard and Paris Exhibition [1937]](/wp-content/uploads/films/10042/image_a_thumb.jpg)
Dinard and Paris Exhibition
Date | 1937 | ID | 10042 |
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This colour and black and white film shows a family holiday to France, visiting Dinard, St Malo and Le Mont Saint-Michel. The second film shows highlights of the International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life with the German and Soviet Union Pavilions adjacent to the Eiffel Tower along with gardens and street scenes and several Parisian landmarks.
[The Derby; Hunt at Chobham; Horse Show; Ascot]
Date | [ca. 1938] | ID | 1539 |
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A compilation of items filmed by Joseph Emberton of his wife and daughters on various outings, including; trips to the races, at a drag hunt and on a picnic.
Sweden August 1938
Date | August 1938 | ID | 3091 |
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Captain C. R. Peckitt of the Royal Sussex Regiment records a family holiday to Sweden just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The holidaymakers visit Stockholm, go sailing on a yacht, traverse the locks on a canal on a steamer, and stop at Jönköping before returning home on the S.S. Britannia.
![[Boys' Brigade Camp at Camber Sands] (1938) A still from [Boys' Brigade Camp at Camber Sands] (1938)](/wp-content/uploads/films/386/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Boys' Brigade Camp at Camber Sands]
Date | 1938 | ID | 386 |
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This amateur film shows the 66th Kentish Town Company Boys' Brigade camp to Camber Sands, near Rye. The film contains shots of the boys leaving London and at camp at Camber Sands. They are seen enjoying a range of activities such as sports, horse riding and playing on the beach. At the end of the film the boys can be seen at Rye station waiting for the train back to London.
[Wedding of Joan and Robert]
Date | 6 August 1938 | ID | 4462 |
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In this film by an unknown amateur film-maker made in 1938, Blackheath Film News receive an invitation to a wedding and set about preparing to film the event. Scenes filmed outside the church and while the bridesmaids and bride prepare to leave for the church are included.

More Bracklesham Doings 1938
Date | 1937-1939 | ID | 8604 |
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This amateur film compilation features several short colour and black and white edited films with intertitles. Several of the films are humorous with a slapstick style fictitious narrative, whilst others show family activities including a visit to a fairground, a day out on a boating lake and a family picnic in Cowdray Park.

Tricks
Date | 1938-1939 | ID | 8606 |
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This series of amateur films shows several constructed narratives based on Hinchliff family life, including the mother learning how to drive, eating a banana played backwards and two stop frame animated films.
![[Tea; Stilt Walking in Garden; Horse Riding] (1938-1939)](/wp-content/uploads/films/8608/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Tea; Stilt Walking in Garden; Horse Riding]
Date | [ca. 1938 - 1939?] | ID | 8608 |
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This mixed colour and black and white film shows the family eating a meal, playing in the garden and on a day out riding horses in the countryside (Barnet?), stopping at a public house for refreshments.
![Sandbanks [Dorset] (1938) Sandbanks [Dorset] (1938)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9784/image_a_thumb.jpg)
Sandbanks [Dorset]
Date | 1938 | ID | 9784 |
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This edited black and white and colour film shows the Corder Family on Holiday in Dorset. The family take a boat trip to/from the Poole coast, spend time on the beach at Sandbanks and exploring the rural countryside.
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