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An Interesting Story
| Date | 1905 | ID | 8394 |
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A distracted man with his 'head in a book' pours coffee in his hat and injures his staff before he is flattened by a steam roller in this 1905 comedy by James Williamson.
[Steam Train]
| Date | [ca. 1920s?] | ID | 8167 |
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A compilation of very short shots that include a view of an approaching steam locomotive from a railway bridge, a shot of the sky; a group of men [Naval seamen in dress uniforms?] in a field at a distance from the camera - one with a pick-axe digging (?); closing with a bi-plane flying over head.
An excursion on the English Riviera
| Date | [ca. 1925] | ID | 2439 |
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This short professionally made film features the south coast towns of Brighton, Hastings and Eastbourne. With the inclusion of intertitles, the film takes the form of a fictional journey made on the Brighton Belle from London to Brighton. Places of interest to the visitor are featured in each town, including the Royal Pavilion, Hastings Castle and Eastbourne Pier.
![[Solar Eclipse; Visit in Ireland] (1927)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10142/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Solar Eclipse; Visit in Ireland] (1927)")
[Solar Eclipse; Visit in Ireland]
| Date | 29 June 1927; 1927 | ID | 10142 |
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This film depicts views of the total solar eclipse of 1927 followed by a family holiday to Ireland, with seaside views, group outings and portraits of rural settings.
The Motor Cycling Club London Lugano Run [Ahearn]
| Date | August 1927 | ID | 10646 |
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This film shows Mr John Ahearn in his Invicta car [YE 7682] on the the Motor Cycling Club's London to Lugano car run in August 1927 filmed by Harry Weinstein.
[Miscellaneous: Guards; Caravan Holiday; Family Scenes]
| Date | [ca. 1930s - 1940s] | ID | 3897 |
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The film opens with a silent Movietone News clip covering King Edward VIII on 16 July 1936 attending the Trooping of the Colour and the assassination attempt. The next section shows the Coronation Scot rail service from Euston to Glasgow. Black and White and Colour footage shows family scenes on a camping holiday and in a domestic garden.
[Here and There: Speed Crazy, Old Sussex, New Sussex]
| Date | [ca. 1930s]; [1952?]; [ca. early 1990s] | ID | 2185 |
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A compilation of films beginning with a 1930s(?) Pathéscope production which features a motor vehicle journey through central London and a train journey from London to Brighton, filmed by the BBC in the early 1950s(?). The middle and end of the film feature places of interest in Sussex, again during the 1930s(?) and a coach holiday to Worthing in the early 1990s(?).
![A still from [London to Australia] (1930)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9328/image_a_thumb.jpg "[London to Australia] (1930)")
[London to Australia]
| Date | 22-23 May 1930 | ID | 9328 |
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An intertitled travelogue film of a trip to Australia starts with a map showing the journey from London to Australia, followed by views at different stages of the route: a bus; arrival at a train station; a sea voyage; the crew and other passengers aboard ship. The ship docks in Melbourne showing several streets scenes. On to Sydney, with the Harbour Bridge, still under construction. A title reads: "Manley Beach" (sic) with footage of surfers and soldier crabs; closing with views over Brisbane.
[Odd Pieces; Jim Bryant]
| Date | 1930s | ID | 12266 |
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An amateur film of Fegans Children's Home trips to Cornwall, Hythe and Croydon featuring miniature railways and period airliners.
[John's Sports Day and Summer 1934]
| Date | 1934 | ID | 13496 |
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An amateur film recording a young boy's sports day events, followed by a visit to Margate's Dreamland and the narrow gauge Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
[Family trips and scout camp]
| Date | 1934-1935 | ID | 13497 |
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An amateur film of various events including a scout camp and a royal cavalcade.
[Military Sporting Events and Activities]
| Date | [ca. 1936] | ID | 9321 |
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This set of black and white films features various sporting events attended by Nazi officers. Horse racing and show jumping events are seen, followed by a race at the Nurburgring and a group boarding a train decorated with flags and a Kraft Durch Freude (Strength Through Joy) banner. The final film is of a group of Hitler Youth flight cadets at their barracks.
![A Still from [Exhibitions] (1937-1938) - Exhibition building with swastika emblem](/wp-content/uploads/films/1542/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Exhibitions] (1937-1938)")
[Exhibitions]
| Date | 1937-1938 | ID | 1542 |
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A film by architect Joseph Emberton of his travels to three European architectural exhibitions; the first in pre-war Dusseldorf, the second in Paris and the third, at the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.
Britain in Colour
| Date | 1937 | ID | 2682 |
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This well-made amateur film features scenes of people and places in the south east of England and further afield. Rural scenes and traditional farming practices are recorded in and around Reculver, Kent in the first part of the film. The second part features comparatively busier scenes from the market town of Richmond and coastal towns and villages on the North Yorkshire coast.
Sussex: Dyke Railway
| Date | [31 December 1938?] | ID | 3458 |
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This short newsreel features a Southern steam locomotive on the Dyke Railway as it begins its last journey. Snow falls at The Dyke station as the Station Master, Mr Charles James Weller, is seen coupling the carriage to the locomotive and passing the 'staff' to the train driver to authorise the train's journey on the single track line.
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