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Suburban Week-endSuburban Week-end

Amateur film195012 minsSilent Location: West Norwood

The sights and delights of West Norwood make for a weekend well spent.

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Hemel HomesteadHemel Homestead

Industry sponsored film195712 minsSilent Location: Hemel Hempstead

A sales-pitch portrait of the Hertfordshire town of Hemel Hempstead, still settling into its New Town status as "the modern town in the countryside".

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In One EndIn One End

Documentary197728 mins Location: Southwold

Real ale and folk music in the pub – performed by Fairport Convention – are celebrated in this portrait of Southwold on the Suffolk coast and the work of the Adnams brewery.

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Boxing DayBoxing Day

Cookery show197327 mins

Dorothy Sleightholme, Yorkshire's answer to Fanny Cradock, makes a meal of turkey leftovers in this seasonal offering from the Farmhouse Kitchen.

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Kingston in Decay?Kingston in Decay?

Amateur film19769 mins Location: Kingston Upon Thames

An amatuer filmmaker takes a critical and somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at the changing face of Kingston upon Thames

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O DreamlandO Dreamland

Documentary195312 mins Location: Margate

Lindsay Anderson’s ground-breaking short film about a Margate amusement park, which helped to launch a new documentary movement.

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Blue PullmanBlue Pullman

Industry sponsored film196024 mins

A new luxury express is put through its paces. This film looks over the shoulders of the select band of craftsmen, engineers and operators, whose combined skills try to ensure that a train journey is a delightful experience.

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IrresponsiblesIrresponsibles

Documentary drama192939 minsSilent Location: Welwyn Garden City

This striking female-focused silent drama muses on the long-term perils of sexually transmitted diseases

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New Town from OldNew Town from Old

Sponsored film196213 mins Location: Hemel Hempstead

Produced by the Hemel Hempstead Development Corporation in the early 60s, this is an update on how Hemel Hempstead has grown as "one of the 8 new towns around London."

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A Safe Place to BeA Safe Place to Be

Documentary198032 mins Location: Spitalfields

Racism in Spitalfields reaches crisis point in the 70s as the National Front attack the local Bangladeshi community

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Goodnight with SabrinaGoodnight with Sabrina

Documentary19594 minsSilent

Statuesque 1950s TV starlet Sabrina bathes in bubble bath in this 8mm glamour short

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Xcitement!Xcitement!

Pornography19605 minsSilent

Glamour goddess Pamela Green reveals all in a key ‘60s striptease collaboration with George Harrison Marks.

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Stranger in the CityStranger in the City

Documentary196122 mins Location: London

Pay a voyeuristic visit to the striptease bars on some of London's shadow-shrouded backstreets in this 1961 short film

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District OfficerDistrict Officer

Documentary194512 mins

A window on to the bureaucratic world of the Indian Civil Service, showing the work of an Indian magistrate in the province of Bengal.

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Protect and SurviveProtect and Survive

Public Information Filler19754 mins

One of a series of animated films designed to provide instructions on how to survive a nuclear attack.

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Colour on the ThamesColour on the Thames

193516 mins

A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.

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The Pioneers of NudismThe Pioneers of Nudism

Amateur film193827 minsSilent Location: Bricket Wood

If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise...

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Aspects of GuildfordAspects of Guildford

Amateur film19839 mins Location: Guildford

Enjoy John Cant's sardonic visual essay about the historic town of Guildford - where dereliction is contrasted with richly historical vignettes and a pancake race

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Nothing to HideNothing to Hide

Documentary19988 mins

How poverty inspired a life of naturism.

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Naturists at Pilchard CoveNaturists at Pilchard Cove

Current affairs19614 mins Location: Pilchard Cove

Locals and Strete Parish Council align to strip nude bathing rights.

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Night MailNight Mail

Documentary193624 mins Location: Euston Sta

The flagship of the GPO Film Unit's output and a cornerstone of British documentary, featuring music by Benjamin Britten and the verse of W.H. Auden.

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