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.
Copying Local Films
Senior Lecturer, Tim Jones, has the specialist telecine equipment to digitise all types of amateur films safely whether they were originally shot on 16mm, 9.5mm, Std 8 or Super 8. […]
Copying Archive Films
Film Lecturer, Tim Jones, demonstrates the Retro Universal telecine machine that he has recently acquired
PETER WATKINS AND THE PLAYCRAFT FILM UNIT
A public screening of the documentary, ‘Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit’ (2017) by Tim Jones. This documentary focuses upon the five amateur films produced between 1957 and 1962 […]
Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit (Trailer)
This is the trailer for the latest documentary by Tim Jones which is currently being entered into film festivals. This documentary focuses upon the five amateur films produced between 1957 […]
The Way of the Amateur
A film made on early Kodachrome by Canterbury Cine Society in 1937 to illustrate the different filmic forms that could be made by the amateur.
Arts & Crafts Service at Canterbury Cathedral 1937
The ‘Arts & Crafts’ service at Canterbury Cathedral in 1937. This was filmed by by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each […]
Broad Oak in 1938
The Golden Lion pub in Broad Oak in 1938. This was filmed by by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year […]
Canterbury Carnival 1935
Canterbury Carnival in 1935. This was filmed by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939. He was […]