An exciting Red Arrows display over water from the 1970s
The red arrows have been thrilling audiences since their formation in the mid 1960s, and this post features a display they performed sometime in the 1970s
Special Events
When people took a trip to a special event they often took their movie camera along with them to record the action. This category is for all those occasions which have been preserved here on Vintage Home Movies.
The 1961 British Pershing Rifles team’s trip to the USA
The film included in this post is a documentary film made by a member of the British Pershing Rifles team during a trip to a championship meeting in the USA in 1961.
An exciting Air Display from the 1970s
An exciting Super 8 film of an Air Display or Airshow which took place sometime in the 1970s in the UK.
Riveting film of London to Brighton car run 1961
The embedded film in this post is a riveting 4 minute vintage home movie which captured the events of the London to Brighton car run in October 1961
Mysterious opening ceremony from the 1960s
A mysterious opening ceremony which took place in the 1960s which was captured on Ilford 8mm film.
A poorly exposed Airshow film from the 1970s
This home movie is a film which has taken a quite exciting subject of an airshow and unfortunately rather spoilt it because is has been badly underexposed.
Fascinating film of a vintage car display from 1962
A fascinating vintage home movie showing some classic and vintage cars at a display in May 1962.
A Hot Air Balloon launching at a fete
A short clip from a single reel of standard 8 film showing a group of people trying to launch a hot air balloon.
Historic Parachute regiment opening ceremony
A standard 8mm vintage home movie showing the opening ceremony of a new barracks for the Parachute Regiment opened by Field Marshal Montgomery.
Aldershot military display
A vintage home movie which shows some sort of military display or tattoo which took place in Aldershot in the 1970s
Exhilarating Flying with the Tiger Club
The vintage home movie which this post features shows a flying display by the tiger club, which is a vintage airplane flying club.
Filming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Rothenburg
This post features a recently discovered 8mm home movie which was taken in Rothenburg ob der Tauber at the time the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was being filmed