Arthur Conan Doyle Relaxes with His Family at Windlesham

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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.

Arthur Conan Doyle Relaxes with His Family at Windlesham

Wessex Film and Sound Archive
1929-01-01
Silent
16m

The creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, relaxes with his family in Windlesham and goes on tour to Egypt, Africa and Australia

This unique and charming film from the 1920s begins with Arthur Conan Doyle walking with members of his family around Windlesham Manor, East Sussex. He plays with a terrier and practises his golf putts. We then see holiday scenes in Egypt before returning to the Sir John Barleymow pub in Hampshire. Scenes aboard the liner Aquitania are followed by footage in Brisbane, Australia. The Victoria Falls are also seen before the film returns to Windlesham Manor.

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