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Playing on Beach (Passmore Family Film)

Utterly gorgeous Edwardian home movie of a family's day out with bucket and spade on Bognor Regis beach.

Home movie 1903 1 mins Silent

Overview

This utterly gorgeous Edwardian home movie is a simple snapshot of a family day out at the seaside: bucket-and-spading on Bognor beach. Private moments preserved on film - here are Alfred and Annie Passmore playing in the sand with their son Brian, while sailor-suited daughters Margaret and Mavis splish-splash in the surf. And this is among the rarest treasures of British cinema: one of the earliest surviving home movies in the world.

The film is one of a collection of 15 home movies, mostly shot by Alfred Ernest Passmore (1867-1948) of his family at home and on holiday between 1902 and 1903.

Original title

Playing on Beach, Making Sandcastle

Genres

Home movie

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Bognor Regis

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

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