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Train Entering Hove Station
| Date | 1897 | ID | 8366 |
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A scene filmed at Hove station by George Albert Smith in 1897.
[Train Entering Watford Station] or [Railway Traffic on the L.N.W.R.]
| Date | [1897?] | ID | 8414 |
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Passengers alight a train at a railway station, shot from a fixed position by Charles Goodwin Norton.
The Kiss in the Tunnel
| Date | 1899 | ID | 8370 |
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A studio scene in which a couple kiss inside a train carriage, bookended by footage shot from the front of a train as it enters and emerges from a tunnel, produced in 1899 by George Albert Smith.
Train Entering and Exiting Tunnel
| Date | 1899 | ID | 8399 |
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A film by Cecil Hepworth shot from the front of a train as it enters and leaves a tunnel in 1899.
The Jonah Man; or, the Traveller Bewitched
| Date | 1904 | ID | 8405 |
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An unlucky traveler's plans are disrupted by disappearing objects and vehicles in this 1904 film by Cecil Hepworth.
![A still from [East Grinstead Local Scenes] (c.1913)](/wp-content/uploads/films/2194/image_a_thumb.jpg "[East Grinstead Local Scenes] (c.1913)")
[East Grinstead Local Scenes; Remembrance Day]
| Date | [1913-1922] | ID | 2194 |
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The first part is a short news item from the early 1910s showing a parade, general street scenes in East Grinstead, a parade and the East Grinstead Urban District Council Fire Brigade Sports. The second part, from 1922, shows the train station and the arrival of the North Somerset Yeomanry in the town with a parade of local regiments.
![A still from [Red Deer at Warnham Court Park] (ca.1925)](/wp-content/uploads/films/4900/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Red Deer at Warnham Court Park] (ca.1925)")
[Red Deer at Warnham Court Park]
| Date | [ca. 1925] | ID | 4900 |
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A combination of black and white and tinted film showing scenes of a Red Deer herd in the wooded Warnham Park estate, with close-ups of several animals. The final few seconds of the film appears to show a derailed train and men assessing the wreckage.
![A still from [Local Scenes and Family Pictures] (1927-1929) - Horse riders in a pageant](/wp-content/uploads/films/2260/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Local Scenes and Family Pictures] (1927-1929)")
[Local Scenes and Family Pictures]
| Date | 1927; 1929 | ID | 2260 |
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A compilation of films by an amateur film-maker. The films include family outings, scenes at a livestock market and a historical pageant. The pageant also includes a brief scene showing Christopher Robin Milne (son of author A.A.Milne) leading a group of children dressed as characters from his father's books: Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and Kanga.
[Family Scenes; Picnic; Baby]
| Date | [ca. 1929] | ID | 2980 |
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Home movie footage of family gatherings and outings. Children are filmed paddling in the sea, the film-maker and his family take a ride on a miniature steam train, and go on a picnic, and a set of grandparents hold a young baby in a garden.
[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.
![A still from [Sussex and Hampshire Scenes] (1930s) showing a woman shopping](/wp-content/uploads/films/3379/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Sussex and Hampshire Scenes] (1930s)")
Sussex and Hampshire Scenes
| Date | [ca. 1930s]; [ca. 1960s] | ID | 3379 |
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A collection of scenes of Midhurst, Petersfield, Steyning, Horsham, Portsmouth and Worthing, made during the 1930s and early 1960s. The scenes focus on a woman (sometimes accompanied) visiting these towns, with the features of urban life - transport, shopping and leisure activities - providing a backdrop. Shop and business signage is strongly featured.
[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.
[Along the Rauma Railway in Norway]
| Date | [ca. 1931] | ID | 746 |
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An amateur film-maker records his travels through Norway on the Rauma Railway. Sights captured on camera include a wildfowl hunt with gun-dogs, interior shots of the Oppdal Hotel and Trondheim Cathedral, as well as footage of the journey itself as the train passes through villages, towns and countryside.
'Travel.' Memories of a Journey from India to England
| Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 4220 |
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An amateur film-maker records the people and places on his journey from Calcutta to Pompeii, travelling by rail and by motor ship.
![[Winter Sports and Summer Outings in the South East] (1930s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6215/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Winter Sports and Summer Outings in the South East] (1930s)")
[Winter Sports and Summer Outings in the South East]
| Date | [ca. 1930s] | ID | 6215 |
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This black and white edited film shows a group undertaking a series of winter sports in Switzerland (?), followed by a series of outings that include the Southdown bus depot and a mix of East Kent buses with busy street scenes. The group also visit Herne Bay seafront, Margate Lido and the Dreamland Amusement park.
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