Wessex Film and Sound Archive

Industry and Advertising

1 Modern Brewery Practice

A professional silent fílm depicting the Southsea brewery of Long and Co.
Film-makers unknown; 1920s; B/W; silent

2. The Key

Promotional fílm by Portsea Island Mutual Co-operative Society, advertising the range of home furnishings available from their retail stores.
PIMCO; c1935; B/W; silent

3. Local Newspaper

A Central Office of Information film about the Newbury Weekly News in 1952, following the progress of local stories to print.
Crown Film Unit; 1952; B/W; sound

4. The News Today

Promotional film made for Portsmouth Publishing and Printing, showing the production of the citys daily evening newspaper.
Burbank Film & Video; 1986; Colour; sound

 

1. Safety First

A Portsea Island Mutual Co-operative Society fílm advertising its dairy products, with footage of the Dairy, sterilisation processes and milk delivery by hand cart through the streets of Portsmouth during the 1930s.
PIMCO; c1935; B/W; silent

2. Time off my hands

An advertising film commissioned by Hoover Ltd., showing that firms latest washing machine coming to the rescue of beleagured housewife "Betty", m this 1950s fictional narrative.
Hoover Ltd./Publicity Films Ltd.; cl950; B/W; sound

3. A Name to Remember

A promotional film for Reading-based confectioners Huntley & Palmer, featuring the fírms new Liverpool factory and depicting a variety of production processes used m both locations.
Huntley & Palmer/Harold Goodwin; c1960; Colour; sound

 

1. The Royal Baker

A 1937 promotional fílm featuring the Reading-based biscuit manufacturers Huntley and Palmers.
GB Screen Services/Huntley & Palmer; 1937; B/W; sound

2. Bride and Prejudice

Made in the 1950s for the British Electrical Development Association, this advertising fílm promotes a range of post-war labour- saving home appliances.
Ronald M Riley/BEDA; 1950s; Colour; sound

 
 
Film still showing 1980s office