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A TRIP TO THE SEASIDE

1898 video newsreel film

Full title reads: "Let us now take a trip to the Seaside ..."

VS Paddle steamer 'Victoria' at jetty and passengers disembarking from ship. They walk down a long gangplank to the beach. [LULWORTH COVE CLIP]

Intertitle reads: "... where the fashionable world is gathered".

VS Beach with rowing boats, bathing machines and crowds of bathers.

MS girls getting out of bathing machines wearing swimming costumes.

Intertitle reads: "These Daly's Show Girls form a pretty picture of gold diggers of the Middle Ages".

VS Daly's showgirls run from bathing machine across the beach and into the sea. A few other people are paddling in the waves. After bathing they sit in line along edge of rowing boat.

Intertitle reads: "It is rumoured that the Brighton Council is taking steps to put an end to this wanton display of bar flesh!!!"

More shots of girls as they run back to get dressed.
 

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Note the taller church tower!

ALL SEASONS PLEASE

1937 video newsreel film

L/S of beautiful Lulworth cove with the rocks around the coast and water lapping on the beach, various shots of the sea and rocks. L/S of people boarding a boat, it sails out of the entrance to the cove. L/S of the sea and countryside above. L/S of the beach with boats on the shore. L/S of the hills and houses surrounding the shore. L/S of the church, M/S of thatched cottages. Various shots of streets and picturesque cottages. M/S of a hill where King Arthur and his men were said to have met. Various shots of the flat countryside. L/S of the sea visible between the hills.

Click here to see video newsreel film on the British Pathé website

Note the taller church tower!