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Ashlee Family Films: The Beginner, Bexley (1960s)

Comic short by amateur London film-maker featuring a young witch and her attempts to pass an examination in spellcraft.

Amateur film 1960 7 mins Silent

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Overview

One of several comic films made by Victor Ashlee, a Bexley amateur film-maker who also shot many home movies of his young family in Bexley. This features a young girl hoping to become a witch, and her hapless efforts to impress a stern-looking trio of wizards in ridiculous hats.

Bexley Local Studies and Archives