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A new Working Girls’ Club offering classes in literacy and domestic tasks to local working-class girls.
Non-Fiction 1924 2 mins Silent
The new Working Girls’ Club at Dumfries & Maxwelltown is likely to have offered classes in literacy and domestic activities such as cooking and needlework to local working-class girls.
Government sponsored film 1946 14 mins Location: Dumfries
‘Electricity can do almost anything’ – farmers are encouraged to power up their farm
Non-Fiction 1910 4 mins Silent Location: Dumfries
These Doonhamers of Dumfries - the 'Queen of the South' - smile for the camera in this 'local topical' film
Travelogue 2006 65 mins Location: Land's End
Startling colour photography of 1920s Britain imbues Claude Friese-Greene’s 1920s road trip around Britain.
Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Silent Location: Dumfries
Dumfries schoolchildren take their turn in the spotlight.
Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Silent Location: Dumfries
A lively group of Scottish primary-school children plays up for the camera.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent Location: Dumfries
Worshippers in their Sunday best file out of the Church.
Non-Fiction 1901 4 mins Silent Location: Manchester
A volunteer cavalry regiment is enthusiastically welcomed home after active service in South Africa.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent Location: Liverpool
All ashore! Passengers disembark and crew offload after a long Atlantic crossing.
Non-Fiction 1902 3 mins Silent Location: Weston Park
A stroll in the park for civilised city-dwellers in Edwardian South Yorkshire.
Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins Silent Location: Woking
The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers - and newsreel cameras!
Comedy 1914 9 mins Silent
A vicar is caught flirting with an improperly-dressed chorus girl in this saucy silent comedy.
Travelogue 1953 21 mins Location: York
The Stationmaster at York guides us through a typical day, from dawn to dusk.
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