L.C.C. - Brandon Estate Housing Site; Sports Day 1962; The Baby Show; Cine Club Outing, Stratford on Avon 1962
Standard 8mm film Colour;Black & White Silent 1961-1962 12:14
Summary: Compilation of four amateur films showing activities of the residents of the Brandon Estate, Southwark.
Title number: 1070
LSA ID: LSA/1488
Description: A colour title card (TC) featuring a picture of the Brandon Estate reads: B.E.C.C. presents.
[00:14] Black and white film opens with a street sign reading: 'L.C.C. - Brandon Estate Housing Site'. Shots of the tower block and grounds. Children play on the grounds. One group climb on a structure, while another hold tennis rackets as if they are about to start a game. The camera follows one boy as he crosses the grounds, vaults a low fence, crosses the road and walks into another part of the estate.
There is a shot of the estate courtyard. We see signs reading 'public bar' and 'off sales'. The camera moves to show the Library. We then see a plaque that reads: 'Brandon Library, opened by Lord Morrison of Lambeth 24th September 1960'. Inside the library, we see a woman working behind the desk and shelves of books. We see a shelving unit with a sign above it reading 'westerns'. A young man selects a book from here with an illustrated cover and shows it to the camera. The book is Dead Man's Range by Paul Durst.
[4:06] TC: Sports Day 1962.
A colour film of a Brandon Estate sports day. From a high position, the camera pans across the estate, from the tall tower block to the lower buildings and grounds. A middle-aged man pegs a tent. A younger man hammers poles into the ground to mark out the race finish line, while three children watch.
We see a group of small children running, while more children and adults spectate. We see a close-up of a young woman with a tall 1960s hairstyle, followed by shots of a number of individual children. We see young children running in more races.
Two men sell what look like raffle tickets. one of them holds a sign which reads 'Proceeds to: Brandon Football Club'.
The film consists of many races for children of different ages, interspersed with other shots of the event. We see the younger children taking part are given a packet of Smarties each. Spectators watch and cheer from the sidelines. We see children going into one of a number of tents. Other children watch from the balcony of one of the estate flats. The film ends with an egg and spoon race.
[9:58] TC: The Baby Show.
This colour film begins with close-ups of babies and infants sitting on their mothers' laps before the show starts. We see shots of the crowd of women and children gathered for the occasion. Then, four mothers holding numbers sit with their babies in a row of chairs to be judged. The film ends with close-ups of the winning babies and their mothers.
[11:53] TC: Cine Club Outing, Stratford on Avon 1962.
Women and children get onto a coach.
See LSA/1486 for the rest of this film.
Credits: Brian Waterman (Filmmaker); Richard Morgan (Filmmaker)
Keywords: Housing; Sports; Children
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; Southwark; Stratford-upon-Avon
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