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Rose Cottage - Norfolk
Date | 1935 | ID | 9783 |
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This deteriorated colour experimental (?) Kodachrome film follows Geoffrey Corder on holiday with his fiance and family in Lowestoft and in Norfolk, at a picnic, visiting a farm and on a beach. Lowestoft's Claremont pier (?) is seen along with views of an English market town and of the family's holiday home 'Rose Cottage'.
![[Lanrick; Cornwall] (1935-1938) A still from [Lanrick; Cornwall] (1935-1938)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10040/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Lanrick; Cornwall]
Date | 1935 - 1938 | ID | 10040 |
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This mixed colour and black and white film shows the family together at their home in Cross in Hand, including several scenes in Dufaycolor. The film includes the children playing in the garden with various toys, scenes of pets, a picnic, a flying boat, and scenes from several holidays and outings to Bodiam castle and the West Country that includes Stonehenge, St Michael's Mount, Tintagel and Clovelly village, Devon.
[Cabaret, Woodbridge near Ipswich; Beachlands]
Date | [1938 - 1939?] | ID | 513 |
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A home movie featuring the Grant family, friends and neighbours. Shots of family and friends on holiday at Pevensey and at home in Kenton. The family take a ride on a fishing boat in Pevensey Bay and spend time on the beach. The film also includes shots of an outdoor clown performance, possibly organised by J. Lyons and Co.

7162 Miles Non-Stop World's Long Distance Record
Date | 7 November 1938; [ca. 1938-1945] | ID | 9589 |
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The first part shows "7162 Miles Non-Stop Worlds' Long Distance Record by the Royal Air Force on Vickers Wellesley Aircraft Bristol Pegasus engines" (between Ismailia, Egypt to Darwin, Australia). The next part shows several squadrons flying Vickers aircraft including Welesley, Wellington and Spitfire, grounded and in aerial manoeuvres, and the Vickers-Armstrong factory with a fleet of Wellington aircraft under construction.
![[Lanrick; Christmas; Farm] (1939-1941) A still from [Lanrick; Christmas; Farm] (1939-1941)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10045/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Lanrick; Christmas; Farm]
Date | 1939 - 1941 | ID | 10045 |
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This film, with both colour and black and white sections, shows the family at home and in their garden. The family go on several outings and trips around the South Coast, with friends and family visiting Birling Gap, Bodiam Castle and on holiday in St Ives in Cornwall. There is also a brief trip to Trinity College, Oxford.
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[Lanrick; Horse Jumps; Solar Eclipse; Games]
Date | 1942 - 1945 | ID | 10047 |
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This edited colour and black and white film shows scenes of the family participating in a mixture of outdoor sports and activities including: a Pony Gymkhana; swimming in a pool and in the sea; watching a partial eclipse; a game of Croquet; a tennis match; Beekeeping; visiting several friends and family in Suffolk; and in the family garden.
[Up North; Motorcycle Racing; Wilsford Heath Farm]
Date | 1949; 1950; [1951?] | ID | 1456 |
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This film features collected scenes from trips to the English countryside, beginning with Stretton village in Easter 1949. This is followed by horse racing at Huntingdon, motorcycle racing at Cadwell Park, and scenes filmed over several months at Wilsford Heath Farm, Ancaster. The film finishes with footage of Riverside Farm near Stowmarket.
[Family at Sandy Beach]
Date | [ca. 1950s] | ID | 7655 |
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A film of local and family scenes filmed in the 1950s, that includes a Christmas celebration, a rugby game and family boating activity, followed by a second family scene with two young children learning to sit, stand and walk. Other scenes include the children playing in the garden, riding a horse, visiting a swimming pool and riding a miniature railway. The film also includes a brief shot of a "Le Pou Duchel" aircraft on an airfield.

Sunnymede 1951-52
Date | 1951; 1952 | ID | 9112 |
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This film shows the family on several caravanning holidays in the UK; a visit to London to watch the Trooping of the Colour; the inspection of the guard of honour at Guildhall; a boating event at Henley and watching a group of army cadets on parade and at a Physical Training display in a playing field. This film is intertitled throughout.
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Christmas Story; Snip Snaps [2]
Date | 1952 [ca. mid 1950s] | ID | 11769 |
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This film is made up of short sections covering a family Christmas and various holidays. The online clip shows 'A Christmas Story'.
[Holiday in Somerset [?]]
Date | [ca. 1960] | ID | 6390 |
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This short film opens with two young children (a boy and a girl) playing on a lawn in a garden, followed by high angle views of a Horse race course (?), before returning to the two children playing in a garden.
[Whitsun at Essex]
Date | June 1961 | ID | 2803 |
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Footage of the film-maker's daughters taking horse riding lessons is followed by shots of a large country house. Further scenes show the eldest daughter riding, as the youngest girl plays on a mound of sand. The girls then play with two kittens, before cutting to exterior shots of Framlingham Castle in Suffolk.

Drinkstone; Pakenham; Millstone
Date | (ca. 1966) | ID | 2358 |
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This film shows footage of visitors at Drinkstone windmill and Pakenham windmill.
Magda i Karoll - My Kochamy Was!
Date | 28 July - 4 August 1979 | ID | 5867 |
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This film shows a first visit to England for Magda and Karoll (a teenage brother and sister from Poland- some of their family are seen in TID 5865). The film shows tours of many locations in the South of England and visits to family and friends. Included are views of Rochester Castle, Allington Castle, Canterbury Cathedral, Dungeness, Ipswich, and various landmarks in London such as the Cenotaph and 10 Downing Street on Whitehall and Westminster Cathedral.
Horsey Types
Date | 1993 | ID | 7031 |
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Vintage Films present M. A. P. production... "Horsey Types", 1993. Maurice Puttock tours Surrey, Shropshire, Sussex and Suffolk for a narrated documentary on strong horses and draft horse breeds at county shows and working farm demonstrations.[Opening title music removed from online clip for copyright reasons].
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