Over the coming months we'll be highlighting some of the hundreds of newsreels featuring footage from our region, thankfully now preserved in various archive facilities around our country, with many available to watch online.
To kick things off, here's four 1920s and 30s newsreels filmed and edited by the Bognor Regis Film Society (more about them coming soon), plus a specially commissioned compilation of local footage from the 1930s to the 1960s.
An amateur film of children having a picnic in a back garden followed by scenes on Bognor Regis beach. Children play in the sand and a crowd watch a clown juggling and performing. Bognor pier can be seen in the background and donkeys are led along the beach. More details and film
Bognor Regis Review Date: 1929-1930. Duration: 38 minutes 44 seconds
A compilation of local news in and around Bognor Regis. The items have been edited together at a later date; intertitles, some animated, introduce each item.
More details and film
Silver Jubilee Celebrations at Bognor Regis Date: 1935 Running Time: 9 minutes 51 seconds
This black and white film provides highlights of a parade with procession and floats in Bognor Regis for HM George V Jubilee Celebration. The parade is followed by a sports display on a playing field, a fire brigade demonstration and closes with a fireworks display. More details and film
Britain on Film - Coast & Sea - The West Sussex Coast Featuring footage from Itchenor, Chichester Harbour, Selsey, West Wittering, Bognor Regis, Shoreham and Littlehampton. Date: August 2017 Running Time: 25 minutes 40 seconds
A compilation of archive films, with a specially commissioned musical accompaniment, looking at various locations along the West Sussex coast from the 1930s to the 1960s. Produced with support from the British Film Institute's Britain on Film Coast & Sea Programme Development Fund. More details and film
These five newsreels are all from The Collection, compiled and stored by Screen Archive South East at University of Brighton, including many more made by the
Bognor Regis Film Society.
