OMCC outing to Bexhill

From the collection of

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.

OMCC outing to Bexhill

Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton
Otford
1950-07-02
Silent
6m

Francis Newman's 1950 film starts at Otford station where a happy group of day-trippers board a train for Bexhill followed by beach scenes filled with swimming, paddling and general frivolity - with the De La Warr Pavilion in the background. Small groups ride on pedalos, overseen by a Pédalo Man. We see a girl’s face in the pebbles and she is pulled from her ‘grave’ and dusted off. After an interlude on the boating lake we see adults and kids playing leap-frog all along the beach.

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