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1 hour 19 minutes
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A celebration of the history of Royalty in Guildford,
including the latest events in Guildford Borough to celebrate the
Queen’s Golden Jubilee in June 2002.
Sequences include:  Saxon beginnings The Guildford Massacre 1046 King John and the French Invasion Henry III Grants Guildford’s first charter
Henry IV’s riotous visit to
Guildford Friary Sir Richard
Onslow and the Mayor’s new chain What Queen Victoria never did George VI sleeps in a railway siding.
The
Queen’s Wedding, Silver Jubilee and Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2002,
including....
- Proclamation
of the Monarch 50th anniversary
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Surrey County Show with the Duke & Duchess of Wessex
- Duke
of Kent unveils the Guildford Scholar statue
- Village
Celebrations
- Beacon
lighting
ALSO AVAILABLE ON DVD @ £10.00
Presenting our big
feature of 2000:
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Tales of the Pilgrim's Way
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1 hour 36 minutes
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1000 years of history, legend and folklore associated
with the ancient pilgrim's route from Winchester to Canterbury, as
revealed to a side of Morrismen strutting and jingling their stuff
across Hampshire, Surrey and Kent on a charity marathon. Tales
include.....:
The Murder of
Archbishop Thomas Becket St Swithun – The Patron Saint of
Winchester Lady
Tichborne's Dying Wish Jane Austen's Days at Chawton Mother Ludlam – Farnham’s Kindly Witch England’s Michelangelo from Compton Slaughterford’s Hanging in Guildford’s High
Street The Miller of
Reigate Hill The Baker who
Couldn't Count The Holy Rood
of Boxley Canterbury's
Jealous Cook King Henry
II's Pilgrimage of Penance
And now Circle Eight's two supporting feature films on
1000 years of History and Legend from Guildford and beyond
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The Tales of Olde Guildford
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1 hour 10 minutes
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This colourful production is the first of a trilogy of
local features, with tales from in and around Guildford town, including:
The
Legend of the Silent Pool The Guildford Massacre The Rabbit Woman of Godalming The Clandon Dragon The Anchoress of Shere Springheel Jack of Merrow Stephen Langton and St Marthas The Chilworth Gunpowder works The Story of George Abbot The Giant sisters of St Catharine's The Guildford riots of 1863
ALSO AVALABLE ON DVD @ £10.00
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The Tales of Olde Surrey
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1 hour 28 minutes
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Featuring...
Guildford's
One and Only Gold Rush The Foolish Villagers of Pirbright Brookwood - the Dead Centre of Surrey Brooklands - Britain's Cradle of
Aviation, Ripley - the
Mecca for all good cyclists The Tale of Matthew Trigg and Ash
Steeple Guildford's
Fish Cross Shere's Rough
Musik Guildford's
Great Panic of 1688 The Earl who Couldn't Stop Building The Tale of Sir Walter Raleigh's Head Dulciana and the Leatherhead Organists The Lost Village of Albury The Duke of Monmouth's Last Journey.
ALSO AVALABLE ON DVD @ £10.00
GUILDFORD, This is GUILDFORD!
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A FILM CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF GUIDFORD'S RAILWAY
HISTORY
... from 5th May 1845, when the newly formed
Guildford Junction Railway opened its branch line to Woking, to the
present day. Circle Eight has assembled photographs, live footage,
artwork, diagrams and narrative in a unique documentary celebrating 150
years since the coming the railways to Guildford.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON DVD @ £10.00
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52 minutes
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Alice Through The Camera Lens
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Lewis Carroll died in Guildford in 1898 and Circle
Eight made this film of his life in Guildford and Oxford to commemorate
the centenary of his death in 1998. The Lewis Carroll Society believed
this was the first in-depth film to be made in Britain featuring the
life of Lewis Carroll.
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The Story of Guildford
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A brief history of the town. From its Saxon
beginnings, through its status as a borough and county town, it became
a transport hub, for both stage coach and railways. Today it boasts a
modern Cathedral and University. This new version of the movie was
remade in 2005.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON DVD @ £5.00
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15 minutes
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The Spirits of Brooklands
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The story of some of the key pioneers who worked
at Brooklands, including the designer of the Wellington bomber, Barnes
Wallis, whose ‘Bouncing Bomb’ was dropped on the Mohne and Eder dams by
the Dambusting 617 squadron in 1943. The contribution of Sir George
Edwards is also highlighted. He was the designer of the VC10 BAC111 and
TSR2 and played a key role in the project that brought the Anglo-
French Concorde into being.
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10 minutes
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The Miller of Reigate Hill
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A bawdy tale of the crafty miller who meets his
match when two students come to his mill to have their corn ground.
[Award Winner].
One of the popular tales from our feature Tales
of the Pilgrims Way is available as this complete extract.
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12 mins
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The Making of Surrey
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Circle Eight were asked by Guildford Museum and
Surrey County Council to make an animated short history of Guildford
from pre-historic times to the present day. This is enjoyable and
educative as many youngsters will testify. Suitable for all ages.
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7 mins
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The Cathedral on the Hill
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On 17th May, 1986 Guildford Cathedral celebrated a
triple Jubilee; the creation of a Diocese, the laying of the Foundation
Stone and its Consecration. Using some rare footage, this is its own
story.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON DVD at £10.00.
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22 mins
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Grandad's Picture Palace
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This show has just been re-editied with new
additions for 2003. It describes the history of cinemas and film in
Guildford, from old material found in Grandad's attic. The presentation
was created to celebrate 100 years of cinema in Guildford in 1996.
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1 hour 25 minutes
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Royal Guildford
The Story of Guildford
