Filming Collection (page 4)

TV station at Holmesdale Primary School
Teacher showing a three-dimensional model of a room set out with TV cameras at Holmesdale Primary School, where they had their own TV station which transmitted programmes to the classrooms. Date: 1974

Press photographers, Trinity College, Cambridge University
Press photographers at Trinity College, Cambridge University, at the time that Prince Charles became a student there. Date: 1967

The film the Royal Family, 1969
Double page spread from the Illustrated London News with scenes from the documentary, The Royal Family, a 105 minute film shown on BBC1 on 21 June 1969

Soldier filming in trench 1916
Taking film in the battle fields under fire: an example of the conditions cinematograph operators had to work in during the First World War. Date: 1916

Coolidge in Hollywood
A visit of a former US President to Hollywood; Calvin Coolidge on Mary Pickfords set. The famous actress is on his right. Date: 1930

TV Filming, 1940S
A BBC television studio at Alexandra Palace, London : a musical spectacular is seen in the course of filming Date: 1946

Filming Vesuvius 1922
Intrepid cameramen capture a sensational view of Vesuvius, standing on the very edge of the crater. Date: 1922

Filming Bon Ton, the cabaret show at the Trocadero, London (
Filming Bon Ton, CB Cochrans cabaret show at the Trocadero, London (1926) Date: 1926

Alfred Hitchcock and Nita Naldi (1926) filming the Mountain Eagle (1926) Date: 1926

A scene taken during the filming of The First Born (1928) with John Lodor (with Megaphone) Madeline Carroll, Miles Mander and Annette Benson Date: 1930

Adrian Brunel filming The Vortex (1928), Julie Suedo to left Date: 1930

Two scenes of the filming of the Return of the Rat (1929) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1930

Mae Marsh and Rene Guissart filming The Flames of Passion (1922) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Donald Crisp filming The Princess of New York (1921)
Donald Crisp filming. Most probably, The Princess of New York (1921) with Mary Glynne (facing) Date: 1921

Gordon Conway and Annette Benson during filming of Confetti (1927) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1927

Film shoot, La Quebrada, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Aerial view of a film or photo shoot taking place above La Quebrada, a steep cliff in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. The location is a popular tourist attraction where diving displays take place

Douglas B-18A Bolo -these of US Armys 27th Reconnaissance Squadron Used by both the US and Canadians for offshore patrols

Cecil Beatons film The Sailors Return, which was made with friends and neighbours as his country home, Ashcombe. Date: 1935

London Fire Brigade cinematographer at work
London Fire Brigade fireman-cinematographer at work, filming a fierce fire at the warehouse of Messrs Cameron and Co, Upper Thames Street, City of London, 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

Eve from The Tatler becomes a film star, 1918
A sketch by Annie Fish to illustrate the Letters of Eve column in The Tatler magazine showing the fictional gossip columnist heroine in her new role - as a film star

Annette Kellerman in Queen of the Seas
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman (18861975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time

People in rain during Miss UK competition, St Ives
People in the rain, watching filming during the Miss UK competition, St Ives, Cornwall. Date: 1985

Travelling cinematograph with Austrian army, WW1
A travelling cinematograph for the troops near the Isonzo front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Television cameras at Wimbledon for first time
Television cameras in action at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon in 1937 which was being televised for the first time that year. Date: 1937

Filming the 1937 Coronation
A diagrammatic drawing by Douglas Macpherson of the window constructed behind the tomb of St Aymer de Valence in the Abbey sanctuary

George VI Coronation filmed
The historic ceremony of the Coronation of King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth filmed for the first time. Many difficulties had to be overcome including special lighting arrangements

Preparing to film The Thief of Bagdad, Hollywood, USA
Preparing to film The Thief of Bagdad (released in 1924), adapted from the Arabian Nights stories. Parts of the set, and prop items such as large jars, can be seen. Date: 1923

Camels at Douglas Fairbanks Studio, Hollywood, USA
Camels at Douglas Fairbanks Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA, at the time of the filming of The Thief of Bagdad (released 1924). Date: 1923

Interesting Hollywood, California, USA
Interesting Hollywood, California, where stars shine night and day. Cover design of a set of postcards depicting Hollywood locations. Date: 20th century

Film location, Western Street, Kernville, California, USA. Date: 1920s

Group of men in a fishing boat with film camera
A group of nine men in a an open fishing boat registered in Whitby, Yorkshire with film camera on a calm sea, possibly a film crew Date: 1930s

People in a park, with cine camera
People in a park, watching an event. A man stands with a cine camera on a tripod, filming

Rooftop Filming
Three racey girls dancing on a rooftop, while another trendy young woman films their antics with a cinecamera! Date: early 1930s

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

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

Filming a TV Advert
A blonde model in a bubble bubble being filmed for a fork lift TV ad! Date: 1950s

Brazilian Beauty Queen
A camera woman films a close- up of the winner of a beauty contest held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. Date: 1930s

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

Members of the royal family at Badminton Horse Trials
The Queen, Queen Mother, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret in a grandstand made from a farm wagon at the Badminton Three-day Horse Trials

Filming of the Golden Eagle, Polytechnic Theatre, London
Postcard advertisement for Captain Knights The Filming of the Golden Eagle, at the Polytechnic Theatre, Regent Street, London W1, with screenings three times daily

Filming of Blanche Fury
Scene during the filming of the movie Blanche Fury directed by Marc Allegret and adapted from the novel by Joseph Shearing

Charles Ray Directing
When his acting career sagged, Charles Ray turned to direction : sadly his movies lacked box-office appeal. But this is a nice intimate shot of 20s film- making. Date: circa 1922

Marlene Dietrich by Tony Wysard
Subtitled Gilding the Lily, a caricature of film actress Marlene Dietrich gazing at her reflection in the mirror while at a dressing table littered with numerous bottles and pots of cosmetics

A Night to Remember, film studio scene
An artists colour sketch of a film studio scene for the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

Tatler front-cover: Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard, the American film actress in the role of Mrs Cheveley, during the filming of Oscar Wildes An Ideal Husband at the London Film Studios at Shepperton

Tatler front-cover: Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Calvert poses in an Italian setting at Anacapri where she was filming in The Golden Madonna. The attractive British screen star was educated at the Institut Francais

Noel Coward in The Scoundrel, 1935
Photographic portrait of Noel Coward (1899-1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, pictured during filming of The Scoundrel in 1935

Giraffes / Filming / 1970S
Filming giraffes at Woburn Abbey

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