The Manufacture of Cricket Bats and Other Stories

From the collection of

Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton
Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton collects, preserves, catalogues and provides public access to its collection of films and magic lantern slides. The collection charts the rise of screen culture in the region and the nation and captures many aspects of life, work and creativity in the South East from the late 19th century to the present day. It is available for research, screenings, creative re-use and commercial access.

The Manufacture of Cricket Bats and Other Stories


John P Howard's superb film shows how cricket bats are made as well as a variety of other stories like cutting records to Air Ministers at Hendon

John Purvis Howard's captivating film magazine for the Eltham Cine Society, shows the production of cricket bats at the Gradidge Workshop in Woolwich, flowering trees and shrubs in an Eltham park and in St James' Park in London, Blackpool's illuminations, a song being recorded onto shellac discs and a ministerial trip to RAF Hendon - where the ministers then fly onwards to RAF Biggin Hill to inspect an experimental new aircraft called the Martin-Baker MB2.

John Purvis Howard's captivating film magazine for the Eltham Cine Society, shows the production of cricket bats at the Gradidge Workshop in Woolwich, flowering trees and shrubs in an Eltham park and in St James' Park in London, Blackpool's illuminations, a song being recorded onto shellac discs and a ministerial trip to RAF Hendon - where the ministers then fly onwards to RAF Biggin Hill to inspect an experimental new aircraft called the Martin-Baker MB2.


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