Festival

Kids Will Be Kids

Children worldwide can be unruly, wild and unmanageable. This is all part of growing up, even if it sometimes means going beyond the limits. These films, from the backstreets of Accra in Ghana and the Australian Outback, to rural life in India and Wales, and the dog-eat-dog world of a British estate, perfectly illustrate this.

Short films programmed by Nellie Alston, Philip Ilson, Aduke King and Elaine Wong

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Documentary 1951 10 mins Location: Lambeth Br

Experience the futuristic delights on offer at London's South Bank during the Festival of Britain

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Advert 1953 1 minsSilent Location: Edinburgh

You will want to visit Edinburgh’s famous Cameo theatre for a 1950s Edinburgh Film Festival extravaganza after seeing this enticing rolling text advertisement!

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Amateur film 1951 20 minsSilent Location: Battersea Park

Lights and laughter at the Southbank as Londoners marvel at the 'Festival of Britain'.

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News 1963 13 mins Location: Aldeburgh

By 1963, Suffolk's Aldeburgh Festival was very much on the world music map but the annual invasion of 'foreigners' didn't go down well with all the locals.