back to

Personalties and celebrities

30 June 2021

By Sean Kelly

highlights

  • 1959 Cat no. 212284

    Kenneth More Visits Southend

    1959, Hadleigh (Essex)

    A short clip of the star of Reach for the Sky, The Thirty-Nine steps and countless other films receiving a rapturous welcome in Southend.

    Cat no. 212284

    0:00:57

    Black and White, mute

  • 1961 Cat no. 113827

    King Hussein Of Jordan Visits RAF Wattisham

    1961, Wattisham (Suffolk)

    The young king inspects the servicemen and talks about his health and his new wife, English-born Princess Muna. Hussein’s reign extended through the Cold War and four decades of Arab-Israeli conflict.

    Cat no. 113827

    0:03:16

    Black and White, sound and mute

  • 1961 Cat no. 213619

    Interview With Joyce Grenfell

    1961, King's Lynn (Norfolk)

    At the Kings Lynn Festival the popular humorist, songwriter and actress talks about her love of East Anglia, her lack of acting talent and her boredom with being cast as a ‘superannuated games mistress’.

    Cat no. 213619

    0:02:28

    Black and White, sound

  • 1970 Cat no. 216500

    Lance Percival - Italian Film Star

    1970, Somerleyton (Suffolk)

    The comedian and actor’s career is taking a new turn: he’s starring as an English detective in an Italian film, The Weekend Murders (‘Concerto per pistola solista’) which is being shot at Somerleyton Hall in Suffolk.

    Cat no. 216500

    0:06:50

    Black and White, sound and mute