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![TID 3375 [Trains & Transport], [ca. 1930s - 1950s] A black and white still image taken from TID 3375, showing a close up shot of the sky as three military aircraft fly overhead.](/wp-content/uploads/films/3375/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[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.

Guernsey Again; Trying Our Hand at Farming
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6217 |
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This film from Lewis Rosenberg shows holiday scenes on Guernsey during the late 1930s, starting with the friends helping out on a farm, playing on the beach and competing with each other at various sports. When the holiday ends the group takes the ferry back to the mainland.
![[Youth Parade; NSDAP meeting]; [Youth parade; Gymnastic Display; Performance] (1930s) [Youth Parade; NSDAP meeting]; [Youth parade; Gymnastic Display; Performance] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9313/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Youth Parade; NSDAP meeting]; [Youth parade; Gymnastic Display; Performance]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 9313 |
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This black and white film features scenes of a parade by the Hitler Youth; scenes of a NSDAP meeting and several members of the Hitler Youth undertaking physical exercises and street performances.
![[Shooting Practice; Youth Address; Races] (1930s) [Shooting Practice; Youth Address; Races] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9314/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Shooting Practice; Youth Address; Races]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 9314 |
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This black and white film shows scenes of officers and boys or cadets at a shooting range. This is followed by a group of young men participating in various athletics events (possibly at a school or barracks ?) with Nazi banners on the buildings in the background.
![[Crowd; Cologne; Wreaths; SS Top; Football Match; Parade] (1930s) [Crowd; Cologne; Wreaths; SS Top; Football Match; Parade] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9317/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Crowd; Cologne; Wreaths; SS Top; Football Match; Parade]
Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 9317 |
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This film opens showing a crowd gathered outside Essen Hauptbahnhof station watching military vehicles pass by. Various shots of churches and buildings follow. The next section shows a gathering of officers and guests greeting Hermann Göring, followed by film of Adolf Hitler passing Cologne cathedral in his motorcade. [First section not included in online clip]

Horsham Magazine
Date | 1934 - 1959 | ID | 4692 |
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This film compilation spans the three decades and shows changes taking place in the town before, during and after the Second World War. The film features the construction of a new lido in 1934, wartime scenes in the town, winter sledging and skiing in 1948, the Coronation parade in 1953, a circus with Elephants walking the streets and scenes of building work, demolition and traffic in the town.
[War Time at Mile Oak School; Boys Camp; Family Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1935]; 1937; 1942 | ID | 239 |
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A compilation of amateur material shot by the Headmaster of Mile Oak Approved Boys School. The film includes footage showing the impact of the Second World War on the school - pupils are filmed building air-raid shelters, as is the aftermath of a bombing raid.
[Athletics; Socialising; Prize-giving; Dam]
Date | 1936-1939 | ID | 9323 |
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A set of films made in 1937 and 1939. The first part depicts various sports, an in-doors party, and the awarding of prizes by Nazi officials. The second part features a doubles tennis match and a visit to a dam.
![[Pre-war and Wartime Scenes] (1937-1941?) A still from [Pre-war and Wartime Scenes] (1937-1941?) showing Tony Gaze in RAF uniform feeding a rabit](/wp-content/uploads/films/3447/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Pre-war and Wartime Scenes]
Date | [ca. 1937 - 1941] | ID | 3447 |
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A family film made just before and during the early part of the Second World War depicting everyday life. A variety of locations and family members are featured, including several servicemen in uniform.
![[Jack Martin Pilot] (1937-1945?) A still from [Jack Martin Pilot] (1937-1945?) showing the Sadler & Co. shopfront](/wp-content/uploads/films/3448/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Pilot Jack Martin]
Date | [1937 - 1945?] | ID | 3448 |
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An amateur/family film made just before and during the Second World War. The film features sea planes and military bands at Buckingham Palace as well as various scenes of war-time family life and the Sadler's family business.

Sevenoaks Scrapbook
Date | [1937 - 1946?] | ID | 1141 |
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A compilation of films beginning with the Coronation procession of King George VI, followed by wartime parades in Sevenoaks.

Rearmaments
Date | 1937 | ID | 1153 |
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Made prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, this film illustrates how factories were reutilized for the production of materials required by the military.
[Eastbourne; Domestic Garden; Cotswolds; Wedding Scenes]
Date | [1937]; [ca.1938 - 1939 ?] | ID | 5437 |
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This family film includes the seafront at Eastbourne, a visit to Bibury, and a boat ride on the River Coln. The film ends with a series of family portraits of men in RAF and US Army uniforms and scenes at a wedding.
![TID 7491 [College; Brighton; West Wickham; War Preparations; Christmas; Racing], (1937; 1938)
A black and white still image taken from TID 7491, showing the side of a two toned livery East Kent bus. The bus is a single decker with the words East Kent sign written on the lower third, towards the rear of the vehicle.](/wp-content/uploads/films/7491/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[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.
[Clovelly; Circus; Devon Bays]
Date | [ca. 1939] | ID | 9343 |
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This brief pre-war film shows an ARP recruitment sign in a window and brief shots of a man re-laying a cobbled street by hand. There are views of a rocky coastline, the Circus transporting animals, including elephants, along a country road, and views of the coast at Croyde Bay, Bideford Bay and Ilfracombe. [Additional film of Ilfracombe on TID:9344 and Clovelly on TID:9339].
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