Reel Stories: An Oral History of London's Projectionists

Reel Stories: An Oral History of London's Projectionists 2022

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Documentary charting the experiences of projectionists who work or worked in cinemas in London, exploring the skills and dedication required for this unique role, set against changes in technology, society, and entertainment.

2022

Hello Campers!

Hello Campers! 2023

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Oral history project exploring the history of London's holiday campers. From the 1930s to the 1980s London’s workers increasingly visited holiday camps such as Pontins and Butlins, or run by trade unions and other social groups. It became a tradition for generations of families - a highlight of the year for all ages.

2023

Cinema in Kingston: From Muybridge to the Multiplex

Cinema in Kingston: From Muybridge to the Multiplex 2022

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An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through the heyday, decline, and re-emergence of cinema. Features interviews with historians, projectionists and usherettes as well as cinema-goers with rare footage and images from Kingston’s cinemas.

2022

Young Rebels - The Story of the Southall Youth Movement

Young Rebels - The Story of the Southall Youth Movement 2014

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A documentary film made by local young people looking at the history of their community from the 1960s to the 1980s with particular interest in the murder of Gurdeep Chaggar in 1976, the 1979 anti-fascist demonstrations and the death of Blair Peach and the 1981 burning down of the Hambrough Tavern.

2014

Escaping the Blitz

Escaping the Blitz 2019

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Operation Pied Piper was the name of the plan designed to evacuate children from areas at risk from bombing and invasion.

2019

Wild West 10 - Golborne Stories of Struggle and Resistance

Wild West 10 - Golborne Stories of Struggle and Resistance 2014

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Golborne, West London, bordered by Ladbroke Grove, The Westway and the Grand Union Canal. An area that from the 1950s saw a unique struggle against poverty, greedy landlords, racism and political neglect to a musical backdrop of reggae, punk and carnival.

2014

Orphans

Orphans 2014

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A photographic installation under the Westway Flyover by Steve Mepsted.

2014

Brewing Stories

Brewing Stories 2019

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This film is an oral history of the people who worked in the three main Thames side breweries in West London. These breweries were major employers - their smoke and smells dominating this part of London for hundreds of years.

2019

Panjabis of Southall

Panjabis of Southall 2019

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This oral history documentary tells the story of early pioneering Panjabis who migrated to Southall in the 1950s and 1960s, their journey, settlement & struggles to establish themselves at work, in housing, in business and cultivate cultural activities for their community.

2019

On the Docks

On the Docks 2019

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This project is an oral history of London's dock workers focusing on the fascinating history of the people who worked on the docks of London from the 1930s up until the closing of the docks from the 1970s.

2019

Sherbet Dab

Sherbet Dab 2018

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There are many stories, funny, sad and poignant, and through these stories we get an insight into the history of the men and women who have driven the famous black cab.

2018