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Our films
For over 40 years, Guildford’s Award-Winning Circle Eight Film Group has produced more than 190 separate movies and won more than 100 movie awards at International, National and Regional Festivals and Competitions.
Circle Eight’s Film Library of local interest films and other movies is extensive, covering
a wide range of subject matter that will appeal to all ages and tastes. These films are available for hire – together with projection equipment and an operator – by any group,
club, business or local society.
For details on all our available films, download a copy of our latest comprehensive Films for Hire brochure>
Below are a few short video clips showcasing some of our best sellers. Please have a browse through and if you are interested get in touch>
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Films of hire
Royal Guildford
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
• 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
Running Time: 1 hour 19 minutes
The Tales of the Pilgrim's Way
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
Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
The Tales of Olde Guildford
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 @ £7.00
Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
The Tales of Olde Surrey
More history & Legends explorered by Matthew Alexander & Dawn Owers as seen from their Hot Air Balloon flying over West Surrey.
• 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
Running Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
Guildford....This is Guildford!
The Story of Guildford’s Railways
On May 5th. 1845, the first train chuffed out of Guildford Station and changed Surrey’s ancient county town forever. The impact of the railway on the town was so great, that, by 1900, Guildford’s population had trebled and the town found itself at the centre of a busy rail network, which became one of the most important railway junctions in Southern England. Narrated by BOB SYMES-SCHUTZMANN
ALSO AVAILABLE ON DVD @ £10.00
Running Time:49 minutes
Alice Through the Camera Lens
The Life and Times of Lewis Carroll
This documentary was produced in 1998 to mark the centenary of Lewis Carroll’s death. The film tells the story of this author’s life in Guildford and Oxford; how 'Alice in Wonderland’ came to be written and the true story of Alice, the Dean’s daughter, who inspired one of the most famous children’s stories in the World.
Running Time: 48 minutes
Grandad's Picture Palace
Guildford’s first film show took place on December 9th 1896 in the town’s old Borough Hall. ‘Grandad’s Picture Palace’ traces the story of Guildford’s Cinemas, Surrey’s Pioneer Film Makers and takes a retrospective glance at some of the movies that captivated the town’s cinema audiences in years gone by.
Running Time: 1 hour 17 minutes
The Story of Guildford
MATTHEW ALEXANDER tells the story of Guildford’s development from a riverside settlement in the 5th Century to the modern University town of today.
• Gyldeforda’ or The Golden Ford
• The Medieval Royal Palace
• The Wealthy Wool Town
• Archbishop George Abbot
• The Coaching Trade
• The Arrival of the Railways
• Famous Guildford Personalities
• The Building of the Cathedral
• The University of Surrey
ALSO AVALABLE ON DVD @ £5.00
Running Time: 13 minutes
The Cathedral on the Hill
It took nearly 40 years to build Guildford Cathedral from the founding of the Diocese of Guildford in 1927 to its consecration in 1961. With the use of rare archive film, Circle Eight tells the story of problems, delays and triumphs behind the construction of one of Guildford’s most magnificent buildings.
Running Time: 22 minutes
The End of the Line
In 1851, London’s cemeteries were full and the authorities looked for an alternative burial ground to serve the capital. The area of Woking was chosen and the vast new cemetery was opened in 1854, with a little help from the London and South Western Railway.
Running Time: 9 minutes
The Spirits of Brooklands
The name of Brooklands is synonymous with motor racing and its fame as the World’s first racing circuit. What is not so universally known, is that Brooklands was also the birthplace of British aviation – an historic site that has been producing world famous planes for over 100 years.
Running Time: 11 minutes
Don't Forget the Diver
In 1905, Winchester Cathedral was in danger of collapse. This is the story of deep-sea diver William Walker and the seven year task he undertook, shoring up the foundations of this ancient building.
Running Time: 7 minutes
A Masterpiece of Wishful Thinking
One of Circle Eight’s earliest documentaries originally produced on 8mm in 1964. This unique film traces the decline and closure of the Guildford, Cranleigh and Horsham railway.
Running Time: 13 minutes
Tug
A highly emotional film featuring BAC Weybridge’s Tug-of-War Team training for the National Championships. The tension builds, as the BAC battle for supremacy against their rival team – the Sheen Farmers.
WINNER OF 8 NATIONAL AWARDS
Running Time: 18 minutes
The Making of Surrey
How the county of Surrey was formed over millions of years. In just under six minutes, Surrey’s geological history is zipped through at an average speed of One Million Years per second!
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 6 minutes
Above and Beyond
This delightful animated story of a teddy bear that becomes a wartime bomber hero has proved to be very popular with all ages, wherever it has been shown.
WINNER OF SIX NATIONAL AWARDS
Running Time: 15 minutes
The Phantom of Milford St. Giles
After a spell in a store cupboard, Teddy’s adventures continue with the girls of the Air Transport Auxiliary and he takes off on another wartime adventure.
Running Time: 20 minutes
The Messenger
In the third and last story, Ted finds himself sharing a disabled and deserted B17 Flying Fortress with Heidi, an ex-Luftwaffe mascot doll. Ted becomes a messenger between American and German forces before his eventual return to the Nursery.
Running Time: 19 minutes
Days Away
Remember all those nostalgic railway trips to the seaside when you were a child? This short animated musical will bring all those childhood memories flooding back.
Running Time: 5 minutes
The Grand Hall
The Story of the People who have lived, loved, lost and worked at a Country House ~ in its many different guises ~ during the past 100 years. As an Ancestral Family Home in 1886; as a First World War Hospital in 1916; its sale to the highest bidder in 1926; its use as a Secret HQ in 1944; as a Girl’s School in 1956 and as a Hotel in 1996.
Running Time: 33 minutes
The Lady in White
What is the secret of the lady dressed in white, who walks along the beach every day?
Running Time: 6 minutes
The Alter Stone
On a Cornish cliff top stands a stone of great antiquity. In past centuries, many ships have been wrecked on the rocks below. On one dark night in 1837, a shepherd boy disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
Running Time: 27 minutes
Short Cut
Should a lady commuter need to avoid a dark alleyway
to reach the car park in case she is mugged?
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 8 minutes
A Turn for the Worse
The scene is Single Track country lane with no passing places, being used by several obstinate motorists. The result is an impossible traffic jam. Circle Eight has produced many comedy films over the years but this one is still reckoned – by all those who’ve seen it – to be the best. It has also won several top awards at National and Regional Film Festivals.
Running Time: 41 minutes
Suburban Line
Two strangers meet on a train but their antics turn out to be even stranger still.
Running Time: 10 minutes
Let's Do it
!
Revealing some of history’s best kept secrets, this tongue-in-cheek comedy feature tells the story of courting down the ages, with guest appearances by Henry VIII, Casanova, the Emperor Nero, Charles II and Romeo and Juliet.
Running Time: 32 minutes
The Bed
An unusual tale that follows the life story of a bed, made in the 1920s for a wealthy landowner, through the dark days of the depression, the war years and finally to the present day.
Running Time: 32 minutes
Suspicions
Henry, a happily married man in his late thirties, starts to behave in a very strange manner when he receives a card from an anonymous source. It is only then that everyone’s suspicions are realised.
Running Time: 20 minutes
Off The Wall
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
But who pushed him?
TV’s ‘Rhymewatch’ investigates
AWARD
Running Time: 12 minutes
With a Purposeful Gait
A nervous government inspector is sent from Whitehall to close down a long-forgotten depot. However, the staff there need to resolve a few outstanding matters before it’s too late.
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 31 minutes
Jaws Too!
A visit to the dentist for Victor Smith is much the same as it is for everyone else – full of fears, nerves, unfriendly receptionists and other patients sitting in the waiting room, ready to suffer the same fate.
Running Time: 11 minutes
Spread a Little Happiness
Mike’s day becomes happier and happier. Even a mugging won’t stop the happy chain of events
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 7 minutes
Saturn Rising
The story of a kitchen assistant who discovers that she possesses psychokinetic powers,which she unashamedly uses to gain promotion beyond her wildest dreams.
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 16 minutes
Looking-up Linda
Looking up an old flame can be tricky – you might find her! Worse still, she might remember you!
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 19 minutes
Gone to Earth
Len the builder gets the shock of his life and leaves his mates with a dilemma. They can’t find his winning betting slip. How about employing a medium and having a seance to talk to Len on that great building site in the sky?
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 15 minutes
Storm Force
QUESTION: What do you do if somebody steals something from you that you shouldn’t have in the first place? ANSWER: Send for private eye Peter Storm. PROBLEM: Storm is incompetent and accident prone. Now what do you do?
AWARD WINNER
Running Time: 23 minutes
Kentish Tales
History and Legends from Aylesford, Boxley and the City of Canterbury.
Running Time: 24 minutes
Hampshire Tales
More History and Folklore from Winchester, Titchborne, Chawton, Alton and Farnham
Running Time: 17 minutes
Surrey Tales
History and Tales from Godalming, Ash, Pirbright, Compton, Horsley, Dorking and Guildford
Running Time: 39 minutes
Eight Over Forty
Circle Eight’s own film biography produced to celebrate 40 years of making and showing films in the Guildford area. The film contains numerous clips of the Group’s productions, including movies never previously exposed to public view since 1960s.
Running Time: 32 minutes