Wanstead and Woodford Cine Club Dance
ProRes digital file Black & White Mute ? 10:00
Summary: Ballroom dancers.
Couples shake their moves in this short home movie recorded at the annual dance held by a group of East London amateur cinema enthusiasts.
Title number: 19989
LSA ID: LSA/26433
Description: The Wanstead And Woodford Cine Club were formed before the Second World War by local home-movie enthusiasts. This brief film shows an annual dance, with numerous couples ballroom dancing – including two women together, a younger couple tentatively trying to jive and a man serenading his partner.
Credits: Sydney Francis Martin (Filmmaker)
Further information: Sydney Francis Martin lived in Wanstead & Woodford with his wife Mary and daughter Eileen. A very accomplished amateur filmmaker, he joined the Ilford Cine Club and went on to become a founder member of the Wanstead & Woodford Cine Club. He became chairman of the IAC (Film and Video Institute).
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