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Do you remember when the moon men came to Croydon? You can bet these kids never forgot the day Dogg's Troupe landed
Documentary 1971 12 mins
They're coming for your children! Three moon men, a cosmonaut and a mysterious professor march through the sparse streets of a new Croydon housing estate. But don't panic, this is a friendly invasion. The performance was designed to parachute a taste of participatory theatre into areas of new-build housing that were often sorely lacking in their own neighbourhood cultural facilities.
The brainchild of E.D. Berman, Inter-Action was founded in 1968 and grew to encompass a range of socially engaged theatre and education projects with an emphasis on the community. Through his alter ego, Professor R.L. Dogg, and a range of performers who were part of Dogg's Troupe, Berman lit up alternative theatre in the 1970s both on and off the stage. Dogg's Hamlet was just one of the pieces written for Berman by the renowned playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.
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Amateur film 1934 4 mins Silent Location: Spitalfields
A rare glimpse inside the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor in the East End during the early 1930s.
1977 13 mins Location: Hammersmith
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Amateur film 1963 3 mins Silent Location: Westminster
Excellent if somewhat jerky aerial shots of London taken from a helicopter and featuring close-ups of Waterloo, the docks and Tower Bridge.
1963 3 mins Silent
London in 1963 was a city in flux, as this spectacular aerial footage shows.
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Amateur film 1955 8 mins Silent Location: Croydon
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Amateur film 1974 1 mins Silent Location: Croydon
Shot only five years after its opening, this film showcases the Croydon Flyover in all its concrete glory.
Amateur film 1937 14 mins Silent Location: Croydon
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Amateur film 1977 5 mins Silent Location: Croydon
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1963 9 mins Location: Croydon
Jaunty, optimistic look at Croydon being reconstructed in the 1960s, with large concrete towers presented as a symbol of a bright new future.
Amateur film 1933 17 mins Silent Location: Croydon
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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
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1935 16 mins
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.
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.
Advert 1962 0 mins Location: Rhyl
Cinema advertisement for Marine Lake & Ocean Beach, Rhyl, a popular destination for crowds set on a day's fun on free rides.
Advert 1942 7 mins Silent Location: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Who could deny these advertising claims: "Attractive hair is the ambition of every woman", and "Your family will enjoy Lincoln potatoes"?
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