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An amusing film of a diving competition, the Severn Bridge and a Wildlife park
An 8mm home movie from the 1960s which features a trip across the newly constructed Severn Bridge
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Home Life and Social History
Although special events were always popular subjects for 8mm films, there are still many films which record normal home and family life, and they can be some of the most interesting to watch today from a social history point of view.
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A Weird Avant-garde 8mm home movie from the 1960s
A weird 1960s Avant-garde 8mm vintage home movie featuring a record player and lots of flowers!
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Scenes from a Yorkshire Village in about 1970
A Short vintage home movie shot on standard 8 Kodachrome in a village in Yorkshire in about 1970
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Family life in the 1970s
A vintage home movie featuring a series of different subjects and events recorded as part of standard family life in the 1970s.
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Fun games in the garden c 1962
A short vintage home movie showing a family playing various games in the garden of their holiday caravan in about 1962
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Playing golf in the garden in the 1960s
A Short vintage home movie of a family playing a game of golf in their rather large and splendid garden.
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The NHS Mobile X-Ray unit at St Andrews in the 1950s
A Short film taken in St Andrews in Scotland which shows an NHS mobile X-Ray unit visiting the town
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Livestock farm and holiday film from the 1960s
A vintage home movie which appears to have been shot in a livestock farm sometime in the early 1960s
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A lovely countryside walk in the spring, 1958
A Vintage home movie showing a family taking a countryside walk in the spring of 1958
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New home makeover 1960 style
A walk through a home makeover from the 1960s by the home owner.
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Family house from the 1950s
A standard 8 vintage home movie in which the householder gives a tour of their 1950s family house.
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A Typical Home Movie from the 1960s
This post, featuring a film from the early 1960s, shows a typical home movie with a variety of different subjects in its 2 1/2 minute length.
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Family Fun on Stilts, Boxing day 1954
What was the most exciting gift for Christmas 1954? The answer 'Stilts' would possibly come from this family who were captured on 8mm film on Boxing Day 1954.
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Cables Transport of Greenwich 1956
A short 8mm vintage home movie of a transport company, Cables Transport, which operated in Greenwich in 1956.
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Family home movie from the 1930s
A standard 8 family home movie which is the oldest in my collection dating from the 1930s
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Hillman Imp driving school
This post features a short clip (about 2 minutes) of a driving school from the 1960s which used Hillman Imp cars.
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