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A Still from [The Seasons at Otford] (ca.1959)

[The Seasons at Otford]

Date1944ID6150

In this film, Mr. Newman documents a year in Otford, filming the countryside around Otford, as the seasons change over the year.

A Still from [Garden Fete at Broughton House] (1926)

[Garden Fete at Broughton House]

Date30 June 1926ID866

A traditional English garden fete takes place in the grounds of Broughton House near Sevenoaks. This professional film with intertitles focuses much of its attention on the local people who attended the event.

[Otford Methodist Church Events]

Date11 July 1935; 18 July 1936; July 1938; 1 July 1939; 10 July 1939ID6129

Film depicting an outing to the seaside, interspersed with short 'safety films' such as a Charlie Chaplin sketch, and Popeye. The outing is possibly a trip with the Church to Folkestone, during the summer of 1936, and later in the summer of 1938.

[Opening of Otford Methodist Church]

Date11 July 1935ID6155

This short film appears to show the opening of the new Otford Methodist Church on July 11th 1935. People stand outside the doors of the church and mingle in a garden.

A colour still image taken from TID 13714, showing a group of workmen, members of the Local Defence Volunteers, drilling with old service rifles and broom handles in a parking area adjacent to brick buildings. The men stand in a row with their tools 'at arms'.

War and Peace

DateApril 2020ID13714

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.

A still from [Harvest Scenes] (1944)

[Harvest Scenes]

Date[ca. 1944]ID6152

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.

A still from [Tableau Party; Jumble Sale] (1944; 1945)

[Nativity Play; Christmas Party; Jumble Sale]

DateDecember 1944; 1945ID6137

This film shows several Otford Methodist Church events, including Margaret Newman's nativity play from 1944, The Christmas Tableau Party also in 1944, and the Anniversary Jumble sale held in 1945.

A still from [OMCC Annual Meeting; Picnic] (1945)

[OMCC Annual Meeting; Picnic]

Date1945ID6139

A short film made about the Otford Methodist Children's Church's activities in 1944, with scenes of various church gatherings.

[OMCC Outing; Folkestone & Dymchurch]

Date1948ID6142

Documenting the Otford Methodist Children's Church outing to Folkestone and Dymchurch in 1948, this film shows the Newman family with their fellow church members by the seaside.

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