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The Local Traders' Gazette
| Date | [ca. early 1930s] | ID | 11284 |
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A compilation of advertisements for local businesses in Cranbrook, Hawkhurst, Goudhurst, Sissinghurst, Robertsbridge and Ticehurst in Kent. Made for showing at the cinema, the adverts offer brief interior and exterior shots of shops and business premises; occasionally with the shop keepers or owners out front.
[Local Scenes]
| Date | June 1952 - March 1953 | ID | 127 |
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A compilation of scenes portraying family life produced by an amateur film-maker. Members of the Ellis family and their friends feature in the film, which includes visits to local places of interest and scenes of everyday life. Although silent, the film includes intertitles throughout.
A Journey into the Weald of Kent
| Date | 1959 | ID | 1 |
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This film follows a journey from South-East London to Kent, focusing on changing seasons and rural images including hops, fruit trees, oast houses, and the harvesting of hops. Places featured include Nettlestead church, Sissinghurst Castle, Tudor gardens and Bayham Abbey. The film was sponsored by National Benzole and narrated by John Betjeman.
[Beach; Trips; Hop Farming; London Zoo]
| Date | [ca. 1966] | ID | 10710 |
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An amateur film of family visits and outings in Kent and London.
Swingle Swangle
| Date | [ca. 1978] | ID | 5860 |
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A travelogue film showing a holiday to the Kent villages of Brenchley, Matfield, Sissinghurst, Beltring, and Paddock Wood. Scenes include tours on foot showing local houses, churches and public houses (pubs), several adults landscaping a domestic garden and the group visiting a garden centre to purchase plants.
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