Family films of Marie Stopes.

This DVD compilation features 40 short home movies shot by Marie Stopes and her second husband Humphrey Verdon Roe mostly featuring their son Harry Stopes-Roe as a toddler. Synopsis extracted from the BFI's catalogue: Baby = Harry Stopes-Roe MCS = Marie Stopes HVR = Humphrey Verdon Roe HS-R = Harry Niss = Sister Phyllis Jones, Harry's nurse Buffkins = Harry Judy = Harry's Shetland pony Details below transcribed from envelopes which contained the films for developing. 1. 1925 Baby and motor car at Givons Grove, Leatherhead, Surrey (family home until 1927). 2. 1925 Before Portland, Baby on drive, at Givons. 3. 1925 Baby and canvas bath, Portland, by lighthouse with HVR. 4. Baby at House; tipped out of pram on to beach, Portland. MCS with pram and on beach. 5. Baby's party, Portland. HVR in white trousers, Wuffles the Chow, goats for HS-R's milk. 6. Aut.1925 Niss & Dora & Buffkins. Running. Includes HVR. Givons in backgrd 7. Win(?)'25 Buffkins in snow; in netted cot in Revolving Shelter. MCS on sledge. 8. Jan. 1926 Snow at Givons. Niss, Marie, Buffkins & Father on sledge. Also Wuffles (the Chow) and goat. 9. Spr. 1926 Gordon (Gee-Gee). HVR, HS-R in daffodils, MCS lying down. 10. 1926 Gomme children by pool and sandpit. 11. 28.7.1926*[?]THEV [?]THED at Givons; Children on rocks at Portland. 12. Aug.1926 Buffkins dressing Peters, by the sea at Portland. 13. 8.9.1926* Charlotte C Stopes (mother of MCS) & MCS on rocks. 14. Feb.1927 Over-exposed. Portland: MCS, Wuffles. Givons: in garden. 15. c.Mar'27 Buffkins, Mummie (MCS), Alec, Niss. Givons house in background. 16. Mother (Annie Sophia Roe), Niss, Buckie, Alec, HVR at Givons. 17. Bech Tree Alec & Buffky at Givons. Also HVR. 18. Daffodils Buffkin & Alec at Givons. 19. Bluebell wood Alec, Buffky & Muriel at Givons. 20. 1927 Buffkins & the ladder, Portland. With HVR. 21. 1927 Bathing Very Worst, Portland. 22. 1927 Buffkie, Alec & the scraps, Portland. 23. 1927 Paddling, Portland, with MCS. Wheelbarrow, leaves and bonfire, Heatherbank, Hindhead, Surrey (family home from 1927-32). 24. 1928 Beech (Beach?) Girls School, Worthing. Flash of MCS. 25. Salting beans - Buffky with MCS in hammock, Worthing then Heatherbank. 26. 4.6.28 Martin, Buffkins, various, at Heatherbank, and Judy (HS-R's Shetland pony). H S-R on see-saw. 27. 1928 Somersaults, Buffkie & Betty Sempkins &c at Thorpeness. Includes MCS walking to beach and on beach. 28. 23.4.1929*Judy, Buffkins, at Heatherbank. 29. c.1929 Judy, Buffkins, visitors at Heatherbank. 30. c.1929 Buffkins, sand castle in sea, Worthing. 31. Aug 1929 Mr Sheppard (Ernest Sheppard, "Winnie the Pooh" illustrator) sketching. Sir John Cockburn, Mrs Mollie Stanley Wrench (women's women's writer. 32. 16.8.1929*HVR with goats, MCS with crane, Portland. 33. 22.8.29* Mummie & Buffkins & Robin Wilkinson (HS-R's companion) bathing on rocks, Portland. 34. 10.9.29* Bathing, acrobatic performances - HS-R balancing on MCS' feet; HS-R on wall - at lighthouse, and going up hill by Lloyd's Cottage, Portland. 35. 19.9.1929*On rocks at Portland; includes Niss. 36. Sept 1930*MCS with HS-R in tyre; MCS on rocks, at Portland. 37. 7.10.1930*MCS on beach at Portland. 38. At Portland: HS-R up look-out post; coastguard houses; quarry, MCS, steam engine. 39. HS-R in the daffodils at Givons (belongs with Reel 9). 40. Loose length. Includes Charlotte C Stopes on rocks at Portland (belongs with Reel 13). 41. Baby on beach. Mrs Stocks and family. Portland. * = date of film development.