This screening included film of Dennes Mill fire in Canterbury, the 1953 flood shot in 3D and unique behind the scenes footage of Academy Award winner, Peter Watkins’ ‘lost’ film, […]
ARCHIVE FILM OF CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT – SCREENING 5
This screening included unique footage of Dorothy L Sayers’ Cathedral play, ‘The Devil to Pay.’ Field Marshall Montgomery’s visit to Canterbury in 1945 and the building of the Harbledown Bypass. […]
ARCHIVE FILM OF CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT – SCREENING 4
This screening included a trip along Canterbury High Street in 1926, digging air raid shelters in Dane John Gardens and the Queen’s visit to Christ Church College in 1965. Public […]
ARCHIVE FILM OF CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT – SCREENING 3
This screening included unique footage of Count Zborowski’s 15” gauge private railway, digging up the Crab and Winkle line and a film about Canterbury buses. Public Screening at Canterbury Christ […]
ARCHIVE FILM OF CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT – SCREENING 2
This screening included film of the Canterbury floods in 1927, the English Scandinavian Summer School at Milner Court and ARP training in Herne Bay. Public Screening at Canterbury Christ Church […]
ARCHIVE FILM OF CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT – SCREENING 1
This screening included a 1935 documentary on the laying of the foundation stone at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, unique footage of the bomb damage in Canterbury taken in1946 and the […]
Herne Bay during the summer of 1964
John Clague RIBA produced a Herne Bay newsreel annually between 1935 and 1970. This clip comes from his 1964 newsreel which was shot on 16mm film.
Lost Alleyway in Canterbury
This 6 second offcut of film was made in about 1946 by John McCallum, a schoolboy at St Edmunds at the time.
Boating Lake but where?
This film was made in about 1946 by John McCallum, a schoolboy at St Edmunds at the time.