Dr. Robert Bolton home movies. Compilation 1, Peckham Pioneer Health Centre.

Date:
1931-5
  • Film

About this work

Description

One of a series of compilations of amateur footage taken by Dr. Bolton in the 1930s when he was at the Peckham Pioneer Health Centre, London. The notes are a combination of the, sometimes undecipherable, handwritten boxes and the WFSA who viewed the material with Dr Bolton's widow. Thiscompilation features a mixture of random shots of streets, a railway station, a clock, the signs for men and ladies' toilets and scenes at a swimming pool and at a recreational ground (the latter two sequences at the Peckham Pioneer Health Centre). There are more scenes at the pool, probably not in sequence as the pool is full, then a lady with a fancy hat is seen opening the valve which fills the pool with water. There are further scenes of children diving and swimming shot poolside and from the viewing gallery. There are copies (presumably for sale) stacked up on a table of the book 'A Case for Action' published in 1931 - an account of the first health centre written by Pearse and Williams, the founders of Peckham, which preceeded the creation of 'The Centre'. There are miscellaneous scenes in the cafe.

Publication/Creation

1931-5.

Physical description

1 film reel (5 min.) : silent, black and white, 16mm.

Notes

The material comes from the family of Dr. R. H. Bolton who worked at the Peckham Pioneer Health Centre in its early years.
In 2010, these reels were made into compilations for conservation reasons.

Creator/production credits

Dr Robert Bolton.

Contents

Reel 11 Unviewed; labelled PHC
Reel 15 Scenes around Peckham? Indoor pool, outdoor pool, children playing on recreation area - cricket, tricycle, hoop & stick.
Reel 30 Various shots in swimming baths, swimming, diving in, spectators.

Copyright note

Previous copyright holder unknown.

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Where to find it

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