Guernsey Again - Trying Our Hand at Farming

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.

Guernsey Again - Trying Our Hand at Farming


Join Lewis Rosenberg and his friends on holiday in Guernsey where they milk cows, feed chickens, lark about on the beach and attempt to surf

This unique film from Lewis Rosenberg shows holiday scenes on Guernsey during the late 1930s, starting with the friends helping out on a farm, enjoying their bucolic surroundings, before heading for the beach where they lark about and attempt to surf the waves into the sunset. When the holidays end we see the group board steamers heading back to Portsmouth. The line of Admiralty trawlers in the Portsmouth roads hint at the menacing world situation in the late summer of 1939.

This unique film from Lewis Rosenberg shows holiday scenes on Guernsey during the late 1930s, starting with the friends helping out on a farm, enjoying their bucolic surroundings, before heading for the beach where they lark about and attempt to surf the waves into the sunset. When the holidays end we see the group board steamers heading back to Portsmouth. The line of Admiralty trawlers in the Portsmouth roads hint at the menacing world situation in the late summer of 1939.


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