About the collections
Many of the films in the Screen Archive South East form part of collections. Collections of films have been created and deposited with the archive by families, amateur film makers, cine societies, companies, local organisations and other groups. Here you can find out more about some of the key collections held at the archive.
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Films in the Albany Cine Club Collection span five decades, dating from the 1950s to the 1990s. Many of the films in the collection are sketch-based offering a comedic take on domestic relationships and working life. -
Brothers John and William Barnes were skilled amateur documentary filmmakers, filming in Kent during the 1930s -
The Bognor Regis Film Society during the 1930s produced newsreels and dramas exhibited at local venues -
Manager of the Capitol Cinema, Walton-on-Thames, Clifford Spain regularly filmed and compiled events of local interest -
Cyril Hayworth filmed scenes of Lindfield during the 1940s and 1950s -
The Dickins Family collection contains 48 family films made by four family members between 1946 and 2004. -
Amateur film-maker Roy Bell recorded scenes and events in Kent during the 1950s and 1960s -
Prominent British architect Joseph Emberton filmed his family and travels during the 1930s and early 1950s -
Enid Briggs filmed scenes in Broadstairs in the 1920s and 1930s many featuring events in the town and scenes of traditional seaside pursuits in the resort. -
Eric Sparks was a keen amateur filmmaker, based in Worthing in the 1930s. His films demonstrate an interest in the railways and every day scenes in his local surroundings. -
Ernie Trory was a leading figure in the Sussex Communist movement in the 1930s, filming many of their activities and demonstrations -
The Woodward family films span almost three decades, from 1957 to the early 80s. -
Films of the Gowlland family span the 1930s to the 1960s, showing the children as they grow up in the war and post-war years -
Jim and Robina Greenyer made over eighty films during the 1960s and early 1970s, capturing their family life, items of local interest and making short fiction films. -
H. A. Voss filmed his family life at home in Coulsdon, Surrey, as well as documenting his holidays and business trips around the world. His daughter later also filmed her family and trips abroad. -
Established in 1949, the Haywards Heath Cine Society is still actively filming scenes and events in Haywards Heath and surrounding areas. -
John Mitchell made several film portraits of Brighton and Sussex in the 1960s, primarily focusing on visitor attractions. -
Joseph Horowitz was a London based businessman who made films in the 1930s and 40s documenting his travels, on business and pleasure across Europe, the Middle East, the United States, parts of Africa and India. -
The archive holds a range of films advertising Kent and its seaside resorts dating from the 1920s to the early 1970s -
Solicitor, Lancelot House, filmed scenes of family and friends in the South East in the 1930s -
A C Barnden, the headmaster of Oakmeeds School in Burgess Hill, made several films for use in his classrooms -
Amateur film-maker Percy Nightingale made films of his family throughout the 1920s and 1930s -
The Pestalozzi film collection is comprised of over 40 amateur and professional films that feature life at the Village since its early days and reflect the changes over the subsequent years -
Promotional material produced for the Royal Sussex Regiment between the 1920s and 1960s -
Based in Chichester, members of the Sadler family made a number of films in the area dating from the early 1930s up to the 1960s, with a strong collection made during the Second World War. -
Members of the Sevenoaks Cine Society made a number of highly proficient amateur films dating from the 1930s to the 1960s. -
Shippam Ltd, a meat and fish paste company based in Chichester for over two hundred years, commissioned advertisements for the company and its products between the early 1930s and 1960s -
Ashford resident 'Sonny' Hanson was member of the Ashford Film Society producing fictional works as well records of local industries and events -
A selection of films illustrating life at the children's home from the 1920s to the 1960s -
Ernest A. "Spot" Botting was an amateur filmmaker who captured rural and village life in Kent pre-World War Two -
Ralph Staley's films date from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s, and show his family in their home town of Bognor Regis -
The Tunbridge Amateur Film Unit produced many amateur dramas and factual films in the 1950s -
The Wistrand Family Collection, filmed by Swedish diplomat Tor H. Wistrand and his wife date from the 1930s to the 1950s, charting their travels to the Far East, the United States of America, and Sweden.