This fascinating compilation film, jointly produced by and ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø History Centre, traces community life in the county from peacetime through the trauma of two world wars and closes with the coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
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Among the films included on the video are: a parade in Godalming, 1913 (one of the earliest surviving films of a ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø town); Women war workers in Shackleford during the First World War; Reigate Borough Carnival, 1926; Empire Day at the Southern Railway Servant's Orphanage, Woking, 1933; George V Silver Jubilee celebrations in Walton on Thames and Hersham, 1935; The Emberton Family of Chobham, 1936 and 1938; Walton's March for Victory, 1941; The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Land Club, circa 1942; The Gowlland Family of Croydon, 1944 to 1945; Leatherhead and District Civil Defence, circa 1946; and Horley Cricket Club Coronation Fete, 1953.
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