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  • 1948 Cat no. 941

    Wright Cooper Ltd Staff Outing To Southend

    1948, Southend-on-Sea (Essex)

    A works day out to the seaside is filmed to provide entertainment for the staff at a later occasion.

    Cat no. 941

    0:08:53

    Black and White, silent

  • 1953 Cat no. 942

    The Best Place Under The Sun

    1953, Southend-on-Sea (Essex)

    Promotional film for the holiday resort of Southend-on-Sea.

    Cat no. 942

    0:18:23

    colour, sound

  • 1959 Cat no. 943

    Nucleonics In Quality Control

    1959, Southend-on-Sea (Essex)

    The workings of the nucleonic gauge, made by the famous radio makers Ekco (E.K Cole) Electronics ltd, and its applications to measure the thickness of different materials.

    Cat no. 943

    0:12:33

    Black and White, sound

  • 1936 Cat no. 945

    Southend-on-Sea

    1936, Southend-on-Sea (Essex)

    Promotional film, made for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, advertising the diverse leisure activities on offer at the holiday resort of Southend-on-Sea.

    Cat no. 945

    0:49:06

    Black and White, silent

  • 1969 Cat no. 946

    Corridor To The Sky

    1969, Southend-on-Sea (Essex)

    Documentary about a day in the life of Southend Airport; from the running of the terminal and its facilities to the passenger and air traffic passing through.

    Cat no. 946

    0:19:40

    colour, sound

  • 1987 Cat no. 950

    Old Gaffers' Race

    1987, Stone Point (Essex)

    Sailing craft with the distictive 'gaff' rigs feature in this record of the race held on the Blackwater Estuary.

    Cat no. 950

    0:11:40

    colour, sound

  • 1938 Cat no. 957

    Ripe Earth

    1938, Thaxted (Essex)

    Documentary made by John and Roy Boulting focusing on harvest time.

    Cat no. 957

    0:10:44

    Black and White, sound

  • 1949 Cat no. 965

    My School

    1949, Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex)

    In this typical school day at the end of the 1940s, the documentary follows the activities of the pupils at Walton County Secondary School.

    Cat no. 965

    0:16:05

    Black and White, sound and silent

  • 1953 Cat no. 968

    Holidays On The Saltings

    1953, West Mersea (Essex)

    Bright and colourful record of a family holiday in West Mersea filmed by Leslie Gillham of Hornchurch.

    Cat no. 968

    0:29:06

    colour, silent

  • 1953 Cat no. 993

    The Flood At Burnham-on-Crouch

    1953, Burnham-on-Crouch (Essex)

    The day after the high spring tide fatefully coincided with a sea surge in 1953, an amateur filmmaker recorded the flood scenes in Burnham-on-Crouch.

    Cat no. 993

    0:21:03

    Black and White, silent

  • 1973 Cat no. 994

    Annual Ploughing Match

    1973, Canewdon (Essex)

    Rochford Hundred Agricultural Society's annual ploughing competition is held at the village of Canewdon where local filmmaker Frank Pigram records the event.

    Cat no. 994

    0:05:44

    colour, silent

  • 1943 Cat no. 996

    National Fire Service

    1943, Colchester (Essex)

    A film comprising three sequences showing the National Fire Service in training at Lexden.

    Cat no. 996

    0:13:30

    Black and White, silent