Film Collection (#58)

de Havilland DH98 Mosquito TT35 converted to a FBVI for the film 633 Squadron in 1963. Date: 1963

Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth
A Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet. Produced by the Crown Film Unit for the Economic Information Unit

de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner during the making of a film

Chang film presentation, 1927. The Natural History Museum
In 1925 Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack, later co-directors of King Kong, devised a 70-minute tale, Chang, of a Thai jungle village encountering wild animals, which premiered two years later

Poster by Pedraza Blanco for the documentary
" Poster by Pedraza Blanco for the documentary film " Tierra Espa񯬡 " (The Spanish Earth, 1937), written by Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos

Pons, Ventura. Catalan movie director. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona

BERNHARDT, Henriette Rosine, also called (1844-1923). French theatre and film actress. Sarah Bernhardt in class at the Conservatory

FACIO, Angel (1938-); ARISTOPHANES (445-380 BC). Theatre and film director.; Greek poet and comediograph. Scene of the theatre

MARSILLACH, Adolfo; MOLIERE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, called (1622-1673). Film and theatre author, actor and director.;

Sylvia Sidney
SYLVIA SIDNEY American film and television actress, here with a geisha girl doll. Date: 1910 - 1999

Carole Lombard in 1932
Carole Lombard (1908 1942), American actress. Here playing with her husband William Powell in " Ladies Man". 1932

Rudolph Valentino / Sepia
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol as The Sheik Date: 1895 - 1926

Dryden / Garden / Allah / 238
Reproduction of Ernst Drydens palette board Date: 1935

Dryden / Garden / Allah / 240
A page from Drydens storyboard showing a six-day shoot between 15 and 27 April 1935, with silver lame and chiffon samples attached. Date: 1935

LCC-LFB Brigade photographers at work
Two of the London Fire Brigades team of operational photographers. For well over 150 years a photographic record of the Brigade at fires

The Norman Film M F G Co. presents the crimson skull Baffling western mystery photoplay. Three panel motion picture poster for The Crimson Skull showing, in the top panel

Der Frieden mit der Ukraine. Neuester Film. Poster shows a stylized map of Ukraine and part of a large ring(?). Text is title of film. Date 1918

Im italienischen Kampfgebiet zwischen Brenta u. Piave: Neuester Film. Poster advertises latest war film On the Italian Battlefield between Brenta and Piave. Film title is written over a coat of arms

Pauline Frederick with her greyhounds
The film star and actress, Pauline Frederick (1883 - 1938) with four of her greyhounds, which she planned to race at the track at Manchester (opened in 1926)

Frances Day with an unusual cigarette holder
The actress, Frances Day (1908 - 1984), born Frances Schenk, revue, cabaret, television and film actress and one of the original blonde bombshells

Cinema projectors, Regal Cinema, Walton, Essex
Cinema projection equipment in the Regal Cinema, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The projector on the left showed only still images from hand made glass slides which were overlaid onto the running film to

Film still of schoolgirl in the road, Walton, Essex
A scene from a school filmmaking project at Walton-on-the-Naze Secondary School, Essex, showing a girl sitting on a chair in the middle of the road outside The Bath House Trumans pub. 1967

Camera and photography shop interior, Walton, Essex
Interior view of camera sales and professional photographers shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A large array of different sizes and types of film are displayed behind the counter

Schoolchildren on Red Crag, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
These three schoolgirls from Walton-on-the-Naze Secondary School, Essex, are taking direction from a schoolboy operating the camera for a 16mm film project

Mrs Vernon Castle (Irene Castle), New York, 1916 - famous dancer, cabaret artist, stage actress and film star Date: 1916

School teacher and pupils in filmmaking project, Walton
Walton-on-the-Naze Secondary School teacher Mr Lou Broom encouraged his pupils to learn various skills during the making of several award winning films

Polar tableau, RSS Discovery Exhibition
A polar tableau at an RSS Discovery Exhibition, showing a tent, a husky dog, skis, a flag and snow, as used on the the film set at Ealing Studios. 1948

Clifton Webb and Irene Castle, Paris, 1922 Date: 1922

RSS Discovery exhibition with celebrities and penguin
Scene on board RSS Discovery during an exhibition, showing the British actor John Mills, the naturalist Peter Scott (son of Captain Scott), a zoo keeper, and five Sea Scouts in polar costume

Cafe decorated for George VI Coronation, Walton, Essex
A cafe on the High Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, decorated to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI. There are advertisements for Cooked Meats, Breakfasts, Luncheons, Teas

Kodak film wallet for photographs and negatives 1939

Boy Scout fishing, Longridge Centre
A Boy Scout fishing in front of an ITV camera on a tripod at Longridge Water Activities Centre. July 1972

Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Film Performance, 1952
Front cover of the Tatler, featuring a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II leaving the Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square

Poster advertising The Sorrows of Satan

Radio City NBC Studios, Hollywood, California Date: 1930s

Mutual Film Company, New York
Mutual Film Company, 1600 Broadway, New York. Film storage room at the Mutual Film Co. with poster of Charlie Chaplin. Date: 1918

Racehorse Aldaniti at a charity fundraising event
The racehorse Aldaniti (1970-1997), a chestnut gelding, meeting admirers at a charity fundraising event. Aldaniti won the Grand National in 1981, and his jockey, Bob Champion

Charles Laughton by Sherriffs
Caricature of Charles Laughton (1899 - 1962), English character actor of stage and screen. Picture bestriding the Atlantic to indicate his success in both the UK and USA

Film clip Johnson Baby Powder Date: 1961

Jessie Matthews, British singer and dancer
Jessie Matthews (1907-1981), British singer and dancer of stage and screen, wearing her sparkling " Over My Shoulder" costume. Date: 1930s

Ginger Rogers posed at San Bernardino Range

France Cannes
Bird s-eye view of the town, when it was little more than a picturesque port, and the film festival wasn t even thought of... Date: 1919

Advert for Kodak - faster, truer snaps

THE TALKIES
A live orchestra synchronizing music and sound to a film screen. Date: circa 1930

Camera Film
Camera film with a magnetic strip. Date: 1980

Nautical Film Crew
A floating menagerie and strange crew, docked at Catalina, Canada, whilst filming a movie. Date: 1930s

St. Georges Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol, England. where WILLIAM GREEN, cinematography pioneer, married HELENA FRIESE in 1874, and changed his name to WILLIAM FRIESE-GREENE. Date: 1950s

Lillian Hall-Davies, British film actress
Lillian Hall-Davies (1898-1933), British film actress of the silent era. She failed to make the transition to talkies, and committed suicide. Seen here in a mob cap, holding a basket of flowers

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