Canterbury Amateur Film Archive

Toy Train

Film by John Purchese of his son playing with a clockwork toy train in his garden in Mount Road, Canterbury in the 1950s.

This film was made by William Taylor Allen, a chartered civil engineer, who designed and oversaw the building of the two iconic square arches

This was filmed by John Clague RIBA who produced a Herne Bay newsreel annually between 1935 and 1970.

This was filmed by John Clague RIBA who produced a Herne Bay newsreel annually between 1935 and 1970.

Filmed in the 1950s by William Furness who was a postman in Whitstable. This was shot on 9.5mm colour film which was fairly unusual.

Film of the RHD railway at Dungeness shot by Frank Oliver who had started making amateur films as a 10 year old while living in Maidstone.

Remebrance Sunday in Canterbury, filmed by John Clague RIBA on 16mm film in 1966.

Raising money for the British Sailors’ Society by attempting to make a mile of pennies.

Filmed in the 1950s by William Furness who was a postman in Whitstable. This was shot on 9.5mm film.