London: The Bigger Picture – Haringey Launch

This Wednesday evening sees the launch of The Bigger Picture digitisation of film project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. 

It shows a series of short films from our rich film heritage that were shot mainly in the locality, some from almost 100 years ago. It includes recently-digitised home-movie film given this summer to Bruce Castle Museum & Haringey Archives from a local resident in Stanhope Gardens in Harringay. Come along and see the wonderful results for yourself.

Doors open at 7pm – with tea and coffee courtesy of Film London.

Topical Budget: “Spurs” Captain Married, Watford (1922)

00:25, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute)

A footballer’s wedding - the lowkey wedding of Tottenham and England captain, Arthur Grimsdell.

Topical Budget: Mere Males Not Wanted!, Wood Green (1927)

01:08, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute)

Women motorcyclists ‘burn up’ Wood Green. Dozens of women riders let rip in a 1920s motorbike race through fields and tracks around Wood Green.

Topical Budget: Bruce Castle Fête, Tottenham (1916)

00:57, 35mm, B&W, Silent. (British Film Institute)

A huge crowd watches the Lord Mayor of London open a fête in Tottenham for blinded soldiers and sailors at Bruce Castle.

Topical Budget: Donning Boots For The Soccer Season, Tottenham (1922)

00:40, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute)  Heading, tumbling, skipping and tomfoolery at White Hart Lane as Tottenham’s first team prepare for the new season.

Topical Budget: Duke Of York, Hornsey (1930)

00:49, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute) Vast crowds turn out to see the Duke of York – the future King George VI – visit a home for disadvantaged boys in Hornsey in 1930.

Topical Budget:: A Cat And Dog Life, Alexandra Palace and Crystal Palace (1928)

05:35, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute) Dogs and cats go on show at two princely London venues – among them some of the fluffiest kittens London is ever likely to see.

Topical Budget: Munition Workers At Play (1915)

01:01, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute) A large crowd of munitions workers take a break from the factory to watch Arsenal beat Spurs 2-0 during the First World War.

Topical Budget: Catch-as-catch-can (1926)

01:16, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute) London parks hosts wrestling contest. Young men grapple in the sun under the watchful eye of Japanese legend Yukio Tani in this film of a wrestling competition at Finsbury Park.

Topical Budget:H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (1930)

01:19, 35mm, B&W, Silent (British Film Institute) Future king attends London derby. Great evocative shots from a boggy Upton Park, where West Ham play Tottenham in front of the Prince Of Wales.

Topical Budget: Wimbledon Election (1916)

00:48, 35mm, B&W, Silent  (British Film Institute) A wonderful newsreel showing scenes at the 1916 by-election in Wimbledon, featuring charismatic challenger Kennedy Jones. Kennedy Jones was a journalist who entered politics at the 1916 Wimbledon election. He lost by 1800 votes but entered Parliament later that year after winning an election in Hornsey.

Dympna & Richard, 1st Film of Stanhope Gardens, Harringay (1965)

04:14, Standard 8mm, Colour, Silent (Davis Family Films, Bruce Castle Museum, LSA Catalogue number LSA/25959)

Home movie footage of the Davis Family whilst living at 51 Stanhope Gardens, Haringey.

Diana's Communion Night and Snow Scenes (1963)

04:51, Standard 8mm, Colour, Silent (Davis Family Films, Bruce Castle Museum, LSA Catalogue number LSA/25953)

Home movie footage of the Davis Family whilst living at 51 Stanhope Gardens, Haringey. Includes shots of Trafalgar Square in the snow and Christmas lights in London.

2nd Film Stanhope Gardens, Lord Mayor's Show (1966)

05:53, Standard 8mm, Colour, Silent (Davis Family Films, Bruce Castle Museum, LSA Catalogue number, LSA/25960)

Home movie footage of the Davis Family whilst living at 51 Stanhope Gardens, Haringey. Shots include a proudly owned, well polished Ford Consul outside No. 51.

Quick Change (1969-1970)

05:30, 16mm, Colour, Sound (Museum of London Docklands, LSA Catalogue number LSA1656)

A film made to help explain decimal currency and to illustrate how it is used in a retail setting..

Resources Discovered (1954)

10:18, 16mm, B&W, Sound (Southwark Local History Library and Archive)

A drama documentary about how public libraries can assist commercial companies with their information needs

Home Movie Montage

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, Bruce Castle Museum 7.30pm