In the summer of 1924 millionaire racing driver, Count Zborowski made a series of home movies with friends, attempting to replicate favourite scenes from silent Hollywood films.
Category: Canterbury
Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit
The documentary, ‘Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit’ (2017) by Tim Jones focuses upon the five amateur films produced between 1957 and 1962 by Peter Watkins and Playcraft, a Canterbury-based amateur drama group.
- April, 4
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- Canterbury, Playcraft Film Unit
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SEEKING SYDNEY
The documentary Seeking Sydney, explores the work and life of Sydney Bligh. Bligh specialised in making newsreels of Canterbury during the 1930s, many of which were filmed in colour.
- April, 4
- 1987
- Canterbury, Canterbury Cine Society, Sydney Bligh, Uncategorised
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Parade at cricket ground
An army parade at the cricket ground shot by George Page on 9.5mm film.https://vimeo.com/344986883
- March, 28
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- Canterbury, George Page
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Enthronment of the Archbishop
Enthronement of Cosmo Gordon Lang as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1928.
- February, 21
- 861
- Canterbury, George Page, Uncategorised
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Recruitment March
Film of a recruitment march in Canterbury. This was shot on 9.5mm by George Page,
- November, 30
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- Canterbury, George Page
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British Legion Parade
Film of the British Legion Parade in Canterbury featuring Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Jellicoe.
- November, 24
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- Canterbury, George Page
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Denne’s Mill Fire
Destruction by fire of Denne’s Mill (often called Abbot’s Mill) in 1933.
- November, 16
- 1627
- Canterbury, George Page
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Simon Langton Boys Sports 1935
Simon Langton Boys School Sports in 1935. This was filmed by by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker,
- October, 19
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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Canterbury Carnival 1935
Canterbury Carnival in 1935. This was filmed by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker,
- October, 19
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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