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Some of the footage featured in this section was taken originally from 16mm.

We hope you enjoy these rare clips from the past.

The first series are by the Beckenham Cine Society to mark Beckenham’s Charter.

The 2nd series of videos document the Crystal Palace Fire.

If you feature or know anyone who is in any of the episodes from Beckenham 1935 please get in touch.

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This film is silent

This film was made in 1935 by the Beckenham Cine Society to mark Beckenham’s Charter; it reviews the public services that were provided within the Borough.

In this section there is footage of both the inside and outside of the old Town Hall that made way for Marks and Spencer’s car park in 1992. Images include a full Council Chamber meeting. Observations are made of the Council’s road laying skills along with the workings of the Churchfields depot. It is fascinating to see old cars, steamrollers and what dustcarts looked like in 1935.

Roads featured are Wickham Road and way with the shops and the Chinese Garage. Cars drive down an almost empty High Street. You can even catch a glimpse of The Regal Cinema.

This is the first in a series of 5 parts.

Crystal Palace Fire

 

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Many thanks to Melvyn Harrison of The Crystal Palace Foundation for permission to use some footage from the The Crystal Palace is on Fire DVD.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Crystal Palace’s destruction by fire on the night of 30th November 1936, The Crystal Palace Foundation produced a 55 minute video (now out of print) packed with rare archive film footage telling the story of the world famous Victorian building. This has now been made into a DVD with another of their videos – Crystal Reflections.

Written and presented by film historian John Huntley of the London Film Archive, the fully chaptered DVD spans the full range of entertainment and sport at the “People’s Palace”, as well as the dramatic night when it burned to the ground in a blaze seen across London and the South-East.

The DVD shows this drama as well as happier times of brass bands, dog shows, cup finals, W.G. Grace, fireworks and much more. Black and White and Colour, 76 minutes (in total).

Both productions are on the same DVD and have been fully authored and chaptered.

To purchase a copy of this collectors item visit The Crystal Palace Foundation.

This is the first in a series of 4 parts.

2 responses

  1. Thank for these videos, the fire of Crystal Palace really helped me with my project. Are they ever going to rebuild at the site. I remember reading something in the news?

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