Scenes from Village Life

From the collection of

Wessex Film and Sound Archive
Wessex Film and Sound Archive is based in Winchester. Providing the opportunity to see and hear history, the archive contains nearly 40,000 film, video and sound recordings relating to Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ranging from late Victorian times to the present day. It includes both amateur and professional material, local newsreels, military and maritime subjects, as well as footage produced by individuals, businesses and organisations.

Scenes from Village Life


This epic and wistful record of Yesterday's Britain shows rural life in the villages of Highclere and Burghclere just after the war

This amazing nostalgic film record of village life in Highclere and Burghclere, features a post-war rural life that has largely disappeared. It shows the local community, identifying particular personailites and also its institutions like schools, churches and the railway. A variety of agricultural and horticultural activities arer seen. The railway features prominently as do various religious festivals and summer fetes that bring the communities together.

This amazing nostalgic film record of village life in Highclere and Burghclere, features a post-war rural life that has largely disappeared. It shows the local community, identifying particular personailites and also its institutions like schools, churches and the railway. A variety of agricultural and horticultural activities arer seen. The railway features prominently as do various religious festivals and summer fetes that bring the communities together.


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