ENGLAND OUR ENGLAND [Main Title]

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  • Title: ENGLAND OUR ENGLAND [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 5165
  • Other titles: ENGLAND (PEACE) [Alternative Title] AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: An amateur colour film shot and edited by Rosie Newman covering various aspects of England and English life in the late 1930's. The film includes footage of English stately homes and places of interest, brief shots of King George VI's Coronation Fleet Review 20 May 1937, sustained coverage of a Girl Guide Rally at Sandringham July 1937, footage of horses at Newmarket and Goodwood and scenes in London including the coronation procession of HRH King George VI and HRH Queen Elizabeth 12 May 1937.
  • Description: The film opens with the captions "England Our England" and "This precious stone set in a silver sea" superimposed over a map of England. Brief shot of beach and the white cliffs of Dover. Sailboats, a car ferry and numerous Royal Navy vessels assembled for King George VI's Coronation Fleet Review 20 May 1937 including destroyers HMS Griffin (H31) and Queen Elizabeth Class battleships, probably including HMS Barham and HMS Queen Elizabeth. Caption "Ye Mariners of England! ...." shots of HMS Gallant (H59) and HMS Hunter (H37), more long shots and close shots of the Queen Elizabeth Class battleships with sightseeing boats passing by. Caption "Submarines": passing views of two submarines, one probably H33. Caption "YOUNG BRITONS TAKE TO THE AIR": shots of squadrons of RAF biplanes flying overhead, multiple views. Sequences showing various English stately homes and places of interest. Highcliffe Castle, near Christchurch, Hampshire - exterior views of the castle, including the stained glass window commemorating the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Highcliffe beach - various scenes of recreation on the beach (some shot on Kodachrome) including a number of boys making a human pyramid. Small fairground, including a brief view of a Punch and Judy man and his booth, a carousel, man swinging a mallet to hit a fairground "Test Your Strength" machine watched by a group of children, a small wooden rollercoaster ride and a group of children stroking a seated afghan hound. Dog Show prize winners, including a great dane and an alsatian. Gypsy Band (?). Girls wearing white dresses dancing around a Maypole. Another shot of the carousel. Caption "REMINISCENT OF DRAKE": Men playing bowls. Views of trees and a lake. Braemore House, Hampshire - exterior views. Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire - exterior views. Chichester Cross, Sussex - view of the Market Cross. Sea Horses, West Wittering, Sussex - views of thatched cottages, a man and a woman with their dog and a women and a boy sitting in a doorway grooming a dog. Brief exterior view of the "Friary" public house. Herstmonceux Castle (sic Hurstmonceux), Sussex - exterior view. Close-ups of small dogs. Shots of thatched cottages, duck ponds and a stable. "Redlap", near Dartmouth, the home of Sir Cyril Maude - exterior view of the house and shots of Sir Cyril and Lady Alexander in the garden. Sheffield Park Gardens, Sussex - sustained views of the gardens including shots of the lakes, waterfall and small boating lake, ducks and swans, close-up views of numerous plants including irises, roses, magnolias and rhododendrons with a caption "God Bless my bit of garden and make its flowers grow: That they may give some pleasure to all the folks I know". Close-up of baby in a pram. Ingestre Hall, Shropshire - exterior views of the house and shots in the garden. Shots of a parrot, a dog, two sets of puppies and a donkey and her foal. Shot of a mare and foal (Kodachrome). Scoult Head Island, caption "To secure these pictures I had to sit hidden in a sack for several hours" - shots of an oystercatcher and young sheldrakes. Helmingham Hall, Suffolk - exterior views of the house and moat. Eye, Suffolk - view of the Saxon Church. Little Massingham, Norfolk - shots of Suffolk Punch horses, including a brief shots of a "prize winner" being posed for the camera, horses crowding around a parked car (one licking the bonnet), ducks and ducklings, a cow suckling her calf, bottles of milk, a yound child in a pram and a chicken in a wooden coop. Sandringham, July 1937. Road sign to Sandringham and an AA sign for the Girl Guide Rally. Arrival of HRH The Princess Royal and Lady Somerleyton, County Commissioner. Saluting the flag. Various parades and events - country dancing, "Useful Citizens" parade (laundry and domestic service), "Old Women Who Lived in the Shoe" (long line of Guides walking through a large shoe), cookery parade, industry display, mass keep fit display, parade of international Guides. Presentation of Medal of Merit to an unnamed Brownie who saved her sister from burning. Presentation of a banner to the winners of the camping competition. Newmarket, caption "Christmas at Newmarket", snow-covered streets, horses training on snow-covered ground. Mares and foals in a field (in spring). Shots of "famous stallion Donatella" and his groom being led around a field. Morning gallops - horses being exercised. Brief shot of an Evening New newspaper vendor, headline "Beaufort's Best For Newmarket". Caption "Transport Ancient and Modern": man walking with a horse-drawn horse-box with motor cars passing by. Goodwood racecourse - views of the horses, course and spectators in the stands. Brief view of the Goodwood Cup race and spectators. London, brief shot of an unidentified street with red London buses (Kodachrome). Caption "Oh London Town's a Fine Town..." Parade of Lifeguards Military Band. Military Band on the march, Guardsman in sentry box (probably outside Buckingham Palace). Admiralty Arch bedecked with flags. The coronation procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, London 12 May 1937, including the footage of the Gold State Coach pulled by eight greys (Kodachrome) passing along Whitehall. Traffic on a wide street (possibly Hyde Park Corner) . Fruit stall of "Jack Smith the BBC Broadcasting Fruitier". Shots of advertising hoardings "Kodak film", "Heinz salad cream and mayonnaise" and "Will's Capstan cigarettes". Elderly, bearded man with a sparrow feeding from his hand. Young girl looking thorough park railings and attempting to feed birds. Young girl and young boy posed looking at the camera. Panning shot across a large bed of tulips. Two ducks. View of a Scottish military band on a bandstand. Brief shot of two kilted soldiers. Views of the Trooping the Colour ceremony shot from the rear of one of the buildings along Whitehall looking out across Horse Guards Parade - arrival of an open coach carrying HM Queen Elizabeth, HRH Princess Elizabeth and HRH Princess Margaret Rose (long shot), long shots of HM King George VI on horseback. Various views of the ceremony, with The Guards Memorial in the background. London at night. Shots of the illuminated advertising displays around Piccadilly Circus, including "Haig", "Wrigleys", "Gordon's Gin", "Bovril" and the film "I Met My Love Again" starring Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett.
  • Alternative Title: ENGLAND (PEACE) [Alternative Title] AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Kodachrome)
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 5165
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Film: © IWM (MGH 5165)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1939
  • Production Date: -1937
  • Production Country:GB
  • Production Details:Newman, Rosie Newman, Rosie
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: Colour (Kodachrome) Sound format: Silent Title language: English
  • Technical Details:16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1169 ft; Running time: 48 mins
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