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Film Topic: 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.

A still image from a film showing a family practicing on Stilts on 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.
A picture of a lorry taken from a short 8mm vintage home movie of Cables Transport in Greenwich 1956
A short 8mm vintage home movie of a transport company, Cables Transport, which operated in Greenwich in 1956.
A standard 8 family home movie which is the oldest in my collection dating from the 1930s
A short Std 8 film showing a driving school which used Hillman Imp cars
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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