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Harrow Hospital Carnival (1933): Et Al

Delightful home movie scrapbook: Harrow’s extraordinary and opulent pageant, and seaside holidays on the south coast.

Amateur film 1933 13 mins Silent

Overview

This delightful home movie scrapbook is a compendium of life and laughter in southernEngland between 1930 and 1933. It features some enchanting scenes of an extraordinary and opulent pageant in Harrow, as well as glorious footage of seaside fun and frolics in Sussex and Essex. Don't miss the bathing beauties' can-can performance on Clacton-on-Sea sands!

The film is one of dozens shot between the mid-20s and the late-40s by camera designer H.A. Carter, who worked for British optics manufacturer Dallmeyer.

Original title

Harrow Hospital Carnival

Director

Mr. Carter

Genres

Amateur film

Country

United Kingdom

Location

HarrowBracklesham BayClacton-On-Sea

Language

English

Subjects

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