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Diving at Port Skillion, Isle of Man
Date | [1897?] | ID | 8440 |
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A fully clothed man joins divers on the Isle of Man in this film by Robert Paul.
Topsy Turvy Dance by Three Quaker Maidens
Date | [1900?] | ID | 8375 |
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In this turn of the century comedy by George Albert Smith, three women in Quaker costume perform a dance that is revealed to be not quite what it seems.
The Old Chorister
Date | 1904 | ID | 8392 |
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Superimposition conveys an old man's reminisces and apparitions after hearing choral singing in this James Williamson production.
![[Godalming Church Parade & Ambulance Presentation] (1911 & 1917) A Still from [Godalming Church Parade & Ambulance Presentation] (1911 & 1917)](/wp-content/uploads/films/1290/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Godalming Church Parade & Ambulance Presentation]
Date | 17 December 1911; 23 September 1917 | ID | 1290 |
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These local newsreels record the citizens of Godalming at two official gatherings. The first is a pre-First World War civil procession; the second is a service of dedication in which the town presents a motorized First World War ambulance to the Red Cross.

The Marchioness Camden Presents New Colors to Special Reserves at Shorncliffe
Date | 19 August 1913 | ID | 870 |
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This newsreel shows Joan Pratt, 4th Marchioness Camden presenting new Colours to The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment at Shorncliffe military station.
[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.

[Family Scenes: Washing Car; Hunt; Wedding]
Date | [ca.1927] | ID | 6476 |
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Family members and Nannie walk, play, tend to the animals and attempt to catch a goose in the grounds of Foxhunt Manor at Foxhunt Green in Waldren, East Sussex. Followed by scenes of a family wedding outside a church, where a large crowd has gathered, and later in a garden.
![[Youth Parade; Children Leaving Church; St Georg Scouts] (ca.1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9325/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Youth Parade; Children Leaving Church; St Georg Scouts]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 9325 |
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This three part film shows a youth parade through Eupen, accompanied by several adult brass marching bands, some dressed in white uniforms. The second film shows a communion parade and the final film shows a troupe of Scouts marching out from St Nikolaus church, Eupen with flags and banners.
![TID 10106 [Crowhurst Farm Mission], [ca. 1932]
A black and white still image taken from TID 10106, showing a portrait style gathering group of workers, their children, volunteers and Reverend Miles Sargent stood together on Crowhurst Farm. The Reverend is supporting a young child that is sat on his shoulder.](/wp-content/uploads/films/10106/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Crowhurst Farm Mission]
Date | [ca. 1932] | ID | 10106 |
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An amateur film recording the work of the Crowhurst Farm Mission for hop-pickers in East Peckham, Kent run by the Reverend Miles Sargent with the support of medical students from London and the University of Oxford.
[Garden Scenes; Wedding; Family Scenes at Sandbanks]
Date | 1931; 1933; 1934 | ID | 5415 |
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This black and white film opens with family scenes featuring Austin Reed in a garden with the family, followed by scenes of a family church service wedding and a family holiday to Sandbanks, Dorset (?). The family relax on the beach, swim in the sea and enjoying a sea fishing trip aboard a boat.

A Cremation Bali
Date | 1931 | ID | 9329 |
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This edited and titled film shows a traditional Balinese cremation ceremony. Every aspect of the ceremony is shown in detail (with descriptive intertitles) from the extensive preparations to the final stage where the ashes are taken out to sea.
[Ross Family Pictures IV]
Date | [ca. mid 1930s] | ID | 569 |
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A compilation of home movie material which includes footage of men playing bowls, a family with three children spending time at the beach, and a family gathering at which a young man wearing Catholic vestments (?) takes centre stage.

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.
![[Church Parades; Scouting Practices] (1936) [Church Parades; Scouting Practices] (1936)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9904/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Church Parades; Scouting Practices]
Date | [ca. 1936] | ID | 9904 |
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This film shows the 8th Forest Hill Scout group parading and undertaking a series of events in their group hall, followed by shots of a group of Guides (8th Forest Hill company?) behind their parade troop. The film also shows the Cubs and Scouts, and their group leaders, gathered in the street outside their church.
[Visit to India]
Date | [1935?] | ID | 3526 |
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On the banks of the Ganges, a funeral pyre is prepared. Street scenes follow, before an Asian couple in Western riding gear pose for the camera. People board a train on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The landscape is filmed from a train window, before a busy city street scene. A group of European friends are seen having tea, before footage of boats in a bay, filmed from the deck of a ship.
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