FILMS: Cinema history at Amberley museum
CINEMATIC history will be on display at Amberley Working Museum during a series of screenings this weekend.
Two screens will be dedicated to showing rare footage filmed in Sussex and the south of England, dating back to the dawn of cinema in the 1890s.
The Amberley Granada will screen early flickering images showcasing the work of Brighton and Hove cinema pioneers George Albert Smith and James Williamson and West Sussex work by Walton-on-Thames film-maker, Cecil Hepworth.
The show will also include rare footage of the home front during the Second World War, including training films made for the Home Guard, Air Raid Precautions staff and the Women's Land Army.
Amateur films will be screened showing haunting images taken in the aftermath of air raids and exuberant scenes of the celebration of VE-Day.
The second screen, the Amberley Odeon, will show cine film of buses, trolleybuses, steam trains and other transport films.
Following screenings of tram films, Saturday will feature a consultation meeting at 4pm about establishing a tramway in the south of England, possibly at Amberley Working Museum.
The screenings will take place on Saturday, November 15, and Sunday, November 16, from 11am until 4pm.
The admission charge is 6 for adults and 5 for children. For more details, call the museum on 01798 831370 or visit
www.amberleymuseum.co.uk
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