Screen Archive South East is a public sector moving image archive serving the South East of England. The archive's collections of magic lantern slides, films, videos and associated materials capture the many varied aspects of life, work and creativity from the early days of screen history to the present day and serve as a rich and invaluable historical resource.
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Holiday at Sandgate
Enjoy a colourful post-war holiday at Sunny Sandgate in this nostalgic film from Herman Voss made on the Kent coast in August 1946
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Overview
In this colour film, made by Herman Voss in 1946, we see holiday makers walk along Sandgate's Esplanade while a young man poses by a large car. A view from the western end of the Esplanade shows the Waffle Inn and the beach. Next we visit the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and see trains pass by, chock full of visitors in open-topped carriages. The family then goes for a swim on a beach near cliffs and end the day with a picnic. We also see a large house, which may be the family home.
Amateur filmmaker H. A. Voss worked for the British Phosphate Commission and travelled extensively both on business and, with his family, for pleasure. Consequently much of the collection held at Screen Archive South East, features foreign travel and family holidays. Beginning in the early 1930s, Mr Voss filmed domestic scenes at home in Coulsdon, Surrey and in Switzerland, where the family lived from 1948 to 1949. In his professional capacity he filmed various aspects of phosphate mining in the USA and the Pacific Islands, as well as other foreign travels including Japan, Hong Kong and Egypt. He also filmed many bomb-damaged cities in post-war Germany.