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Attractive travelogue exploring famous old Sussex landmarks, taking in views including Chichester, Lewes, Arundel and Bosham.
Non-Fiction 1915 7 mins Silent
Travelogues, effectively a kind of moving postcard, were a popular form of short filmmaking in the 1910s. Each scene would be announced by a title card - often illustrated. Here we see views of old Chichester including the High Street, Market Cross, the old walls, Lewes Castle, Arundel's market place and the very picturesque coastal village of Bosham.
Non-Fiction 1915 3 mins Silent
Shades of Lawrence of Arabia in a worn but often beautiful film of WWI desert exercises in Egypt.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent
Soldiers troop down a leafy Surrey lane in this intriguing wartime newsreel item.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent Location: Shorncliffe Camp
Casualties from the Battle of Neuve Chapelle enjoy their recuperation in Kent.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent
Travelling with the Red Cross ambulance flotillas through Montereau in central northern France.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent
All quiet on Germany's Western Front, but the ferocity of Allied artillery bombardment is plain to see in these eerie scenes of carnage.
Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Silent Location: London
War is declared in Italy, while a returning hero is welcomed in London.
Amateur film 1965 15 mins Silent Location: Chichester
The ancient city of Chichester's new and very modern public library rises from its concrete foundations in this fascinating film from the mid 1960s
Amateur film 1956 4 mins Silent Location: Chichester
Chichester gets out the bunting for Gala Day and to celebrate the arrival of a very special Royal visitor
Amateur film 1930 7 mins Silent Location: Glastonbury
Join the Blighs on their homeward journey through the Southern counties - calling at Glastonbury and various ancient landmarks east
Amateur film 1937 12 mins Silent Location: Chichester
Not a hoodie in sight as the male youth of Chichester goes clubbing – shove ha'penny style
Amateur film 1928 2 mins Silent Location: Chichester
This amazing footage captures a unique little railway at work during its declining years in the late 1920s
Amateur film 1937 15 mins Silent Location: Chichester
Spitfire the Rabbit makes a guest appearance in this charming family film from the early years of the war - featuring various aircraft and larks with men of the RAF.
Advert 1974 1 mins Location: Shaftesbury
A classic slice of British advertising history, though that hill's not as Northern as it looks...
Non-Fiction 1901 3 mins Silent Location: Rotherham
Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent Location: Great Moor St, Bolton
Eager youngsters burst out of the gates of a Victorian cotton mill.
Sport 1901 1 mins Silent Location: Henley-on-Thames
It's the first weekend of July 1901, and high society are on the Thames
Advert 1898 1 mins Silent Location: St Pancras
An unusual farewell in this charming early film
Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins
The magic of a real solar eclipse filmed by a famous magician
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