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Mayors, bishops and clergymen march through Camberwell to the asylum, better known today as Caroline Gardens.
Non-Fiction 1918 3 mins Silent
This film shows a procession of civil dignitaries and clergymen marching past a war memorial, followed by the Lord Bishop of Southwark. The Bishop is seen leaving the chapel behind the mace-bearer, accompanied by the Mayor and Mayoress of Camberwell. The Licensed Victuallers' Asylum was set up in 1827 for innkeepers and their families who had fallen on hard times.
The chapel was badly damaged in WWII and was never fully restored. The brewing industry sold the building in 1960 to Camberwell Council, which renamed the former asylum as Caroline Gardens, now a Grade II listed building.
Non-Fiction 1918 2 mins Silent Location: Rhyl
Having survived the menace of the First World War, Rhyl is assaulted by the watery forces of nature
Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Silent Location: River Thames
The tricky task of tracking London's swans.
Sport 1918 0 mins Silent Location: Southend-on-Sea
Women munitions workers from the Kynoch and Vickers Maxim factories take to the pitch in Southend during WWI.
Non-Fiction 1918 5 mins Silent Location: Royal Albert Hall
Topical Budget salutes Britain's top brass in this gleefully patriotic newsreel edition, released just weeks after the First World War was won.
Non-Fiction 1918 4 mins Silent Location: Neath/Castell-Nedd
The sun shines down when PM Lloyd George is in town.
Non-Fiction 1918 1 mins Silent Location: Hillingdon
A war shrine is unveiled in Hillingdon by one of Britain’s leading wartime politicians
Amateur film 1937 6 mins Silent Location: Westminster
The streets of Westminster and Camberwell are festooned with bunting and banners in preparation for the Coronation of George VI in this remarkable colour film from A E Ford.
Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins Silent Location: Camberwell
Free the Camberwell One! Joey the monkey makes the most of his 13 day escape bid in 1920s South London
Home movie 1966 23 mins Silent Location: Camberwell
Camping holidays, sports days and general mucking about all feature in this succession of films taken over several years at a south London youth club.
Documentary 1963 32 mins Location: Camberwell
Looking back at Camberwell's Victorian history, and forward to the future, this film captures the impact of changing architecture on local residents.
Comedy 1896 1 mins Silent
A deft music hall act adapted for film, featuring the only known appearance of pioneer filmmaker Robert Paul
Advert 1985 2 mins
Take a fighter jet, a Top Gun pilot with sunglasses and a brand new SAAB 900 and you have a sure-fire vehicle to launch a Hollywood career.
Promotional 2019 10 mins
A wandering warrior dreams of a new form of expression, in this promo for UNKLE’s album The Road: Part II / Lost Highway Pt. II directed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.
1935 16 mins
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.
1965 1 mins Location: York
A world away from zany humour, Richard Lester shows he can also capture the easy opulence of the upper class nibbling After Eight mints.
Advert 1946 1 mins Silent
Life is looking up! The war is over and the “Corona” Man can visit his “Corona” families once more, door-to-door.
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