From the Independent Cinema Let’s go to the seaside! Travel round our gorgeous, varied coast, filmed throughout the 20th century from 1901 to 1978, in our fourth programme from Britain on Film on Tour.
Take a nostalgic promenade to classic British holiday resorts including Weston-super-Mare, Morecambe and Skegness, a visit to Butlin’s in Brighton and 1930s surfing in Newquay, while a 1947 information film cleverly undercuts travel clichés by showing how Dover, a traditional tourist town, is remaking itself after heavy bombings during WWII.
From travelogues enticing holidaymakers to the beach to promotional films celebrating the work of fishermen and shipbuilders, these films capture the traditions, industry and joyfulness of the British coast.
The first showing of this film was in 2015
Want to bring Britain on Film: Coast & Sea to your area? To find out how to book the film for your community (starting from as little as £20) email: bookings@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
Epping Forest District Museum
23/05/2018 – 23/05/2018 Waltham Abbey
Addingham Civic Society
20/09/2018 – 20/09/2018 Ilkley
Beckenham and Bromley – Historical Association
15/11/2018 – 15/11/2018 Beckenham
Cholesbury-cum-St Leonard’s Local History Group
12/05/2018 – 12/05/2018 Chesham
Epping Forest District Museum
23/05/2018 – 23/05/2018 Waltham Abbey
Films at Shadforth
20/05/2018 – 20/05/2018 Shadforth
Friends of The National Archives
30/05/2018 – 30/05/2018 Richmond
Friern Barnet and District Local History Society
28/11/2018 – 28/11/2018 London
Hayling Island Library
23/06/2018 – 23/06/2018 Hayling Island
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
20/06/2018 – 20/06/2018 Falmouth
Nuneaton Historical Association
19/09/2018 – 19/09/2018 Nuneaton
Overton & District U3A
04/02/2019 – 04/02/2019 Overton
The Keep Archives
11/08/2018 – 11/08/2018 Brighton
Treeton Local History Group
27/09/2018 – 27/09/2018 Rotherham
Waltham Library
12/04/2019 – 12/04/2019 Waltham
Wem Town Hall
17/07/2018 – 19/07/2018 Excluded Dates: 18th
Wem
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