The Region on Film - Disc Two

This disc presents a selection of uncut films, giving you a sense of how these films were first seen. The five films are listed below. Each link will take you to the Screen Search online database record for this film, where further information can be found about the material.

	Local Scenes and Family Pictures (1927-1929) A compilation of short films made by the amateur film-maker Percy Nightingale of Kent and Sussex scenes from the late 1920s.
	Country Rhapsody (late 1930s) An amateur film that charts the Kent countryside through the course of a year. Its lyrical quality suggests its creation was influenced by either music and/or poetry.
	The Royal Surrey County Hospital (1936) This is a fund-raising film from the pre-NHS era that was made to encourage the public to make donations and raise funds for the Royal Surrey County Hospital at Guildford.
	All Go Margate (1970) Television personality Michael Aspel introduces this publicity film of 1970 that promotes Margate as a “favourite family resort”.
	By Ship to Colombo - aka Boat Trip along the Suez Canal (1929) In October 1929, Catherine and Thomas Burne of Sussex filmed part of their return trip to Malaya, where they were both stationed.

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