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  • This film charts the building of a large detached house on Canterbury Road near Ashford, from the laying of its foundations to the nearing of its completion. All of the work done on the house is manual. The film also includes aerial shots of the plot and surrounding land.
    ca. 1939
  • A Still from 'Camera Mag No. 2 Edition' (1939) showing the Secretary of State for Air (Kingsley Wood) with an RAF officer
    Film by the Eltham Cine Society, recording various events and activities in 1939. The film includes the making of a cricket bat, scenes at Castlewood and St. James's parks, the use of sound recording equipment, and government ministers visiting RAF Hendon and Biggin Hill.
    1939
  • A murder mystery that takes place at the Theatre Royal. Famous tenor Maxwell Foster is murdered in his dressing room by Trevor 'Taffy' Jorden. When evidence is found that proves his guilt, Jorden frames his love rival Jack Merridew before committing suicide.
    [1939?]
  • Atmospheric coastal scenes filmed at a variety of locations, focusing on; chalk cliffs, the sea lapping against rocks, fishing boats, seagulls, rocky coves, crashing waves and light reflected on the water.
    [1939?]
  • A film illustrating and promoting the activities of the Communist Party in Sussex in 1939. The film includes the production of the party newsletter, a demonstration against unemployment, speeches at the Sussex Communist Party Congress, and a march in Eastbourne.
    1939
  • A compilation by a local amateur cameraman, portraying the passing from peace to wartime. Shot just prior to and during the first year of the Second World War, the film provides a snapshot of everyday life as it continued against the backdrop of the impending war, and signs of the war's effects around the village.
    1939 - 1940
  • Domestic scenes of everyday life for the Gowlland family in Croydon during the first few months of the Second World War; signs of the war begin to emerge in everyday life.
    1939 - 1940
  • A still from 'Winter Sports' (1939)
    A film by Joseph Emberton of a skiing holiday with his wife in St. Moritz. They travel by train and watch ice skating, including watching European Figure Skating champions Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor at the Chanterella ice rink. The Embertons take skiing lessons and, whilst skiing, Joseph Emberton injures his leg and is taken to hospital.
    January 1939
  • A Still from 'With the Bentley in France and Switzerland' (1939)
    A film by architect Joseph Emberton of a holiday with his wife Kathleen. They travel to the French Alps and the Lausanne region of Switzerland, in their Bentley car. The couple enjoy swimming and relaxing in the holiday resorts and take in the mountain scenery.
    1939
  • An amateur film-maker records his journeys around South East Asia, capturing on film the indigenous peoples, temples, dances, and landscape. The film contains the only known pre-war colour footage of some of the most renowned Balinese dancers, including I Ketut Marya (Mario).
    1939
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