London’s Screen Archives enables Londoners see their past come alive on film. Managed by Film London, we are a unique network of historic film collections that cares for, collects and screens heritage film across the city. Together we preserve London’s rich film heritage from feature films to home movies, public information films, newsreels, and records of the capital’s many different industries.
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At Belmont Methodist Church
An inclusive look at the Belmont community - young, old, even pets - dressed in their Sunday best.
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Overview
Endearing and nostalgic black-and-white footage shows the locals of Belmont, Sutton clad in their Sunday best, absorbed in one another’s company, playing with a neighbourhood dog, and smiling side-by-side for the camera. They gather for a few complimentary shots. And the comfort apparent in their grinning faces is telling of a tightly knit community, converging for a Sunday Church service at the local (now closed) Methodist Church in Sutton.
Shot by amateur filmmaker Ivan Bawtree, formerly a photographer for the British Red Cross during the First World War. This film is from the collection of Sutton Archives, a member of the London's Screen Archives Network.
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