A tribute to Cunard’s QE2
May 1, 2024Purbeck In The Past
£12.95
Probably more than in any other period in history, our major towns and countryside have undergone considerable change. Fortunately, in the case of Purbeck, much of the town’s architecture and colourful gardens were recorded on film, together with important civic events by skillful film-makers.
This compilation of archive footage from the 1930s and 1940s, includes farming in colour during the second world war at Church Knowle. The old films show the transformation from horses to machines and are presented by Nancy and Howard Stevens.
Films of Corfe Castle and people include features on artists who lived in this quaint village. Filmed in 1937 by David Brynley and Norman Notley. Sheila Clarke recalls her childhood memories of seaside holidays in Swanage in the 1930s.
DVD Duration approximately 55 minutes
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The Village of Hamble and its River
£12.95Rare and fascinating films of the village of
Hamble and its river from the 1920s through to
the 1970s. We look at all aspects of village life
through family films captured by Pip Bartlett
and Clive Denton with memories from Ian
Underdown, Gill Beavis and Peggy Dorothy.
Our films include carnival time in the
village when processions began in the top
playing fields and made their way down to the
High Street and quay by the river. In
the 1960s and 1970s, regatta was held
at the same time with lots of events
on the river.
We see archive films of early aviation at Hamble’s airfield from 1925
and up until the days of training
recruits for air lines. Trials of the
girocopter and the largest airliner in
Britain to date, the Avro Ensign in
1938. The arrival of A V Roe brought
much activity at Hamble in the development of aircraft and sea planes.
We view the church of St Andrews
in harvest celebration and many
scenes of the river with the launching of sailing dinghies off the quay.
A special series of films of the Training
Ship Mercury which was much a part
of Hamble up until 1968. Boat building
at Fairey Marine at Hamble Point and a
trip around the streets of the village and
much more.
Approximately 60 minutes