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A still from [ARP at Work; Brighton Bomb Damage] (ca.1940)

[ARP at Work; Brighton Bomb Damage]

Date[ca. 1940]ID9496

This colour film shows scenes of bomb damage and the ensuing rescue work of the Civil Defence Service in Brighton during the Second World War. Members of the Service are seen in several scenes attending bomb damaged houses. The ARP Controllers are shown coordinating various units, including wardens, rescue parties, fire services, and ambulances.

[Cricket Match; Horse Racing; Animals] (ca.1940s)

[Cricket Match; Military Parades; VE Day Party]

Date[ca. 1940s]ID10032

This film shows a cricket match in Laughton, a children's victory tea party, and a commemorative event for armed forces in Brighton. Other scenes show activities and events around Brighton, several of which include a visit from the Mayor.

A still from [Warship Week and Tank Week] (1941-1942)

[Warship Week and Tank Week]

Date1941 - 1942ID9499

A local newsreel featuring various key wartime events across 1941 and 1942. The Civil Defence are inspected, the Civic Restaurant is opened, a water works is inspected, Warship Week is celebrated, Tank Week brings excitement some for the children of Brighton and the Home Secretary tests an innovative listening device to help in the searching of bomb damaged buildings.

A colour still image taken from TID 9500, showing a red and white bus outside St Peter's Church Brighton, on the corner of St Peter's Place and London Road. The Clock and tower of the church visible from behind a row of trees.

[Brighton Civic Week, Civil Defence Services and Land Girls]

Date1941 - 1942ID9500

A mixed colour and black and white amateur film with intertitles showing events in Brighton during 1941 and 1942 including Brighton Civic Week and the National Day of Prayer services at St Peter's Church, Brighton's Salute to the Nations,the Home Secretary inspecting the Civil Defence Services, and Norman Hartnell with land girls on the Downs.

a still from [Sussex in Technicolour] (1942); (ca.1950s)

[Sussex in Technicolour]

Date1942; [ca. 1950s] ID9521

A colour film made during the Second World War and shortly afterwards, showing scenes of Brighton and beyond.

A still from [Small Lancashire Cotton Mill] (1942)

[Small Lancashire Cotton Mill]

Date1942ID9524

This 1942 film shows work on a farm to harvest the silage crop and load it into the silos. The film then focuses on workers and machines at a textile mill in Lancashire.

A black and white still image taken from TID 9497, showing a group of men dressed in A.R.P uniforms clearing through the rubble of bombed out buildings in Brighton. Piles of debris swamps the road and pavement, as what remains of the building can be seen behind them; brickwork and inner rooms now exposed.

[The work of the ARP following a bombing raid on Brighton]

DateMay - September 1943ID9497

An amateur black and white film of wartime Brighton capturing the aftermath of a bombing raid, the work of the ARP and an ARP training drill.

A colour still image taken from TID 448, showing a Naval military band in Sailor's uniform saluting to the dignitaries stood on a platform outside the Old Ship Hotel, as the forces troop process along the seafront.

[Victory in Europe 1945]

Date8 - 13 May 1945 ID448

An amateur film with titles recording the end of World War Two celebrations in Brighton beginning on VE Day. Including official services, many street parties and a funfair.

A colour still image taken from TID 9490, showing a repurposed railway carriage being used as a garden summer house. The carriage has been painted in green and white with the entrance framed by flowering shrubs and plants. Outside, a woman and a teenage girl are sat relaxing in the sunshine on matching painted wooden chairs.

[VE Day in the Garden]

Date1945ID9490

Amateur colour film of a family celebrating VE Day in their garden in Brighton.

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