British Paramount News No. 588

A fierce denunciation of anti-Semitic policies in Nazi Germany seen in the context of the global refugee crisis of 1938.

Captivating amateur footage offers a snapshot of Jewish families from Tyneside enjoying precious holiday fun in the years before World War Two.

Speeches, toasts and kippahs in this Super 8 home movie of Richard and Lyn Brookes’s wedding, held at Beehive Lane Synagogue in Ilford.

Some serious moves can be seen by guests of all ages in his lovely film showing the Bar Mitzah celebrations of Harold Defries in London in 1960.

An admonishment to keep to Orthodox ways, or a young Jew poking fun at this; whichever way this film is viewed, it gives a fascinating insight into Leeds Jewish community c.1936.

All aboard a Tyne ferry, the Friendship Club of Newcastle take a pleasure trip down river in glorious summer sunshine.

Chaos reigns as the removal men do their worst…

The lengths that some people will go to, just to avoid a speeding ticket… in this case to Saturn and back.

Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open new buildings at Marischal College, Aberdeen

Faking the ability to contact the dead proves to be a big mistake for one Edwardian charlatan.

Grandma sews a patch on her grandson’s trousers

Four-year-old girl and boy dance a mean cakewalk