Detail
Theme Leisure
Much of the archive's collection portrays the region at leisure. Film material produced by families, groups of friends and community organisations offer a picture of outings, day-trips, picnics, vistis to parks and gardens, sporting events, parties and many other leisure-time activities.
Films in this theme:
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[Cycling and Races]
Date | [ca. 1920s?] | ID | 8153 |
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A compilation showing a series of races that include a bicycle race, foot running races and speed walking at distance through Bognor Regis [?]. Crowds line the street to watch the speed walkers. The film ends with a close up of a baby's face.
[Motor Cycle Races]
Date | [ca. 1920s?] | ID | 8154 |
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A compilation showing a series of motorcycles races with male and female competitors that also includes motorcycles with sidecar race and a series of early 1920s domestic cars.
[Woodland]
Date | [ca. 1920s?] | ID | 8169 |
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A short film showing a series of portraits of man walking in a woodland, stopping to lean on a large branch of a tree.
![[Beach Cabin] (1920s) A still from [Beach Cabin] (1920s)](/wp-content/uploads/films/8171/image_a_thumb.jpg)
[Beach Cabin]
Date | [ca. 1920s ?] | ID | 8171 |
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This film features shots of a woman wearing trousers emerging from a beach cabin at Bognor Regis, smoking a cigarette and then walking along the beach. She's then seen in shorts. She paddles in the water.

Snaps of Bournmouth [sic]
Date | [ca. 1920s?] | ID | 8158 |
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This short film shows a group holiday to Bournemouth, with the group walking along a street; views of the beach and coastline; a woman with a camera walking on the rocks closing with views of Bournemouth pier.
[Country Bridge]
Date | [ca. 1920s ?] | ID | 8172 |
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This brief film shows two women walking across a bridge over a river in the countryside, later seated on a style, lighting cigarettes. The film closes with the women sat in long grass smoking and posing for the camera.
[Scouting]
Date | [ca. late 1920s - early 1930s?] | ID | 8159 |
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A short film showing a teenage Sea Scout shaking hands [traditional left-handed hand shake] with man in a suit at a group gathering. The pair pose for the camera [possibly at a scouting event prize giving presentation. Titles on end of 8164?]
![TID 13717 Chichester [Drive-in Cinema Short], (2020)
A black and white still image taken from TID 13717, showing the front nose of a non traditional tram or rail carriage stopped at a station platform.](/wp-content/uploads/films/13717/image_a_thumb.jpg)
Chichester [Drive-in Cinema Short]
Date | 2020 | ID | 13717 |
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A short compilation of film material held by Screen Archive South East, screened at the Chichester Drive-in cinema events in August 2020. One of two shorts screened during the event with accompanying music composed by Nina Humphreys
Football match: Ramsgate versus Margate Police
Date | 15 April 1926 | ID | 966 |
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The police of Ramsgate and Margate compete in a football match. The match is captured in this newsreel, which is intersected with titles. The film includes the mayor of Ramsgate with the Ramsgate police and shots of the crowd watching the match.
[Ted on Motorcycle]
Date | [ca. 1929?] | ID | 8162 |
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A compilation that includes a man [Ted?] on a motorcycle [TW 1617 - also on 8163]; followed by a group in a car, portraits of a group of young men and several men standing around a motorcycle; portraits of a Terrier dog and a family group running out of a house close to the film.
[Ted on Motorcycle]
Date | [ca. 1929?] | ID | 8163 |
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A compilation showing a man [Ted?] on a motorcycle [TW 1617 - also on 8162] driving on an urban street with a young boy sat behind him; a sign on a gate to a field reads: 'No Thoroughfare by order of Henry Layton Staffurth" with two boys being chased over a gate by a man with a long branch [unsure if this is fact or a short fiction sequence]; closing with a series of portraits of several men smoking cigarettes in a street.

Bognor Gazette: London Ladies MCC at Bognor
Date | 1 April 1927 | ID | 8161 |
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This short intertitled film: “Bognor Gazette: London Laides MCC at Bognor” [sic], shows several women on motorcycles driving along the seafront at Bognor on route to Epsom, wearing full motorcycling gear. A group of men cheer them on. Further Intertitles explain the race. The Epsom portion of the race does not feature on this reel.
[Goodwood Races]
Date | 1927 | ID | 8160 |
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A compilation showing a large crowd assembled at the Goodwood race track with mixed views of the estate during several races [high angle] from a hill, closing with a very brief view of a pier filled with a large group of people [?]
[Rifle Shooting Contest at Bisley]
Date | 1928 [?]; 1934 | ID | 1567 |
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The 1928 National Rifle Association Kings Prize is won by A.C.Hale. This is followed by a further shooting event at Bisley in 1934 with the winners posing for the camera.

N.A.C.A.M. Convention in Eastbourne
Date | 1928 | ID | 2732 |
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A compilation of home movie material including footage of amateur mixed double lawn tennis matches in Eastbourne, men playing golf, family members, and group outings in cars to the countryside.
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