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Brighton History Centre

Film Material

You can view a wealth of archival film footage of Brighton. The History Centre hosts Brighton & Hove In Film, a touch screen audio visual unit supplied by the Screen Archive South East.

 

Photograph of King George the Fifth's visit to the Royal Pavilion, 1915

Scene from King George V's visit to the Royal Pavilion, 1915

This material includes:

  • A film of King George V's 1915 visit to the wounded Indian soldiers convalescing in the Royal Pavilion
  • 1896 footage of Brighton beach, in which the chain pier can still be seen
  • Local VE day celebrations
  • Our New Errand Boy, James Williamson's 1904 short comedy filmed in Hove

 

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