On a Sunny Afternoon: Sports Day & Fete - Brandon Estate Social Club in Aid of the Chailey Heritage Children's Home
Standard 8mm film Colour Silent 1969 7:08
Summary: Amateur film of the annual summer fete at the Brandon Estate, Southwark, including bingo, games, races, and white elephant stalls.
Title number: 1077
LSA ID: LSA/1495
Description: [00:00] Hand-painted title card: 'On a Sunny Afternoon'. Second title card: 'Sports Day & Fete - Brandon Estate Social Club in Aid of the Chailey Heritage Children's Home'.
[00:14] An important couple get out of a chauffeured car (perhaps the mayor and his wife, or a councillor). They are greeted at the entrance to the estate, and a girl hands the woman a bouquet of flowers. People mill about on the grounds. [01:21] A woman calls bingo numbers. Participants sit around tables marking their cards. Close-ups of faces. [02:25] Shot of the sign 'White Elephant Stall'. Residents browse the second-hand goods on the stalls. [03:20] At a games stand, a boy tries to throw a ping-pong ball into jam jars. Women gather at a tent (sign on the tent is unclear). Two small boys eat ice cream. [04:04] A man selling raffle tickets calls out for customers; one man comes up and shakes his hand. Back at the white elephant stalls a woman in a purple floral dress counts out her money. [04:32] At another games stand, the important couple throw soft balls to try and knock down a stack of tin cans. [05:05] The crowd gathers for the running races. Several groups of little children run races. Close-ups of people in the crowd. Older children run the three-legged race. A toddler sits alone on the grass.
Intertitle: '1969 - The End - Filmed by Brian Waterman for BECC'.
Credits: filmmaker: Brian Waterman; Richard Morgan (Filmmaker)
Further information: The Brandon Estate was built in 1958 and housed people from Bermondsey whose houses had been demolished in slum clearance. The residents formed several clubs, and the cine club filmed events run by the social club, which met above the library. Filmmaker Brian Waterman joined the cine club age 17 and bought his camera with his first pay packet (he worked for London Underground).
Keywords: Fetes; community; bingo; races
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; Southwark
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