Some of My Best Friends Jewish people - and a few Gentiles - muse on what it means to be Jewish in 1960s Britain Documentary 1969 30 mins The Wicked One - What Does He Say? A grief-stricken rabbi recollects life in his home country, only to find that tragedy has followed him to his new life Amateur film 1934 11 mins Jewish Pensioners' Controversial Pools Win All good pals and jolly good company! A syndicate of Jewish pensioners from Southend celebrate their big win on the football pools. News 1975 5 mins Just One Kid A Jewish Eastender recalls growing up in poverty in the 1930s and being part of a community now long gone Factual TV 1974 54 mins Simcha Extremely rare insight in the role of a Hasidic woman, featuring a mother-daughter team who live in North London. Documentary 2000 12 mins Mr. Emmanuel An elderly Jewish man journeys to Nazi Germany to track down a refugee’s mother in this extraordinary drama Drama War 1944 97 mins Browse the collection Left The Barber of Stamford Hill On the eve of his 50th birthday, lonely north London barber Mr Figg entertains the possibility of marriage Drama 1962 61 mins Autumn in Delamere The Jewish school in the forest - a healthy approach to learning in the Cheshire countryside. Amateur film Documentary 1969 31 mins Maureen Lipman Charming interview with the 21-year-old Lipman, who had just completed her first film role, as she ponders what to do next. Inside Film Non-Fiction 1968 10 mins The Vanishing Street Moving record of a once-thriving East End Jewish community on the cusp of enormous change Documentary 1962 20 mins North London Liberal Jewish Group Rival groups from Ealing and Finchley go head to head in an entertaining and witty amateur film Home movie 1956 11 mins The Vanishing Street (Material) Raw images of London E1 and the disappearing Jewish East End 1959 13 mins By Gosh It's Hot/A Day Out at Whitby Eating, dancing in the front room, playing football in the garden, walking around Whitby, a birthday party, a wedding – just being common people, only with a Jewish twist. Home movie 1964 31 mins 100 Year Old Coach Crowds block the streets to catch a view of a handsome old carriage at a Jewish wedding Non-Fiction 1926 1 mins Weddings - Cathedral Road Synagogue, Cardiff Summer 1938 must have been an exciting time for Marie Cohen and Nettie Morris as they planned their weddings at the synagogue on 25/8 and 6/9, and receptions at the Connaught Rooms. Amateur film 1938 9 mins Marriage of Miss Rose Carmel and Mr. Solly Gerschcowit Follow the happy couple from the family shop on Brick Lane to a garden party serenaded by the San Diego Dance Band Non-Fiction 1925 3 mins The Wedding of Thelma and Danny, 11th August 1946 Camera, action! A very stylish wedding is captured on film. Home movie 1946 10 mins Marriage of Miss Rossalyn Weinbaum to Mr A. Goide Guests step out in smart hats and sumptuous furs for a Jewish wedding at London’s Central Synagogue 1923 6 mins Lynne's Wedding Eating, dancing in the front room, playing football in the garden, walking around Whitby, a birthday party, a wedding – just being common people, only with a Jewish twist. Home movie 1980 9 mins The Wedding of Mr Laurence Marks to Miss Lily Balon Rain and confetti, and big smiles all round, as the weather fails to dampen spirits at a Manchester wedding. Home movie 1925 2 mins Richard Brookes Collection: Wedding, Ilford Speeches, toasts and kippahs in this Super 8 home movie of Richard and Lyn Brookes’s wedding, held at Beehive Lane Synagogue in Ilford. Amateur film 1973 3 mins Jew Süss Conrad Veidt plays a Jewish man seeking power in the British version of Lion Feuchtwanger’s novel, later adapted by the Nazis Period drama 1935 104 mins General Post Wartime heroism reveals the shabbiness of antisemitic prejudice, when a small-town tailor becomes a local hero War 1920 81 mins Motherland In the surviving opening scenes of this WWI-set feature, young soldiers head to the front and face life in the trenches War 1927 12 mins Cast Us Not Out Documentary insight into the work of the Jewish Welfare Board, helping some of the most vulnerable people in the community Documentary 1969 22 mins Chief Rabbi's Emergency Council Poignant postwar appeal for Britain’s Jewry to support orphaned Jewish children rescued from Europe 1947 19 mins Kidstakes Birthday parties and cake feature strongly in this compilation of childhood moments by amateur filmmaker Sid Douglas Amateur film 1949 36 mins The Robber and the Jew A Jewish man with a bag of gold is targeted by roadside robbers in this early comedy short reflecting antisemitic stereotypes Comedy 1908 5 mins A Bad Day for Levinsky When a Jewish man mistakenly puts a sovereign in a slot machine, he goes to extraordinary lengths to try to retrieve it Chase film Comedy 1909 8 mins The Antique Vase A penniless actor sells his beloved vase to a Jewish dealer pained to part with his money in this comic short reflecting antisemitic stereotypes. Comedy 1913 9 mins The Challenge Ben-Gurion visits a youth centre in Leeds in this promotional film for the Youth & Hechalutz Department of the Jewish Agency in London Promotional 1967 16 mins Joe Kagan: Just Another Bump in the Road An intriguing insight into the extraordinary life of Lord Kagan, Jewish escapee from the Nazis, clothier to the Royals, and close friend of Harold Wilson and KGB spy Vaygauskas. Current affairs Documentary 1980 38 mins Impressions of Disraeli Celebrity endorsement: Stanley Baldwin introduces George Arliss playing the legendary PM 1931 16 mins William Frankel Bernard Braden interviews the editor of the Jewish Chronicle about recent controversies in the press and the future of the Middle East 1967 20 mins The British Fascisti The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins British Union of Fascists March October 3rd 1937 Led by Oswald Mosley, Britain’s Fascists march through south London 1937 10 mins British Paramount News No. 251 We Protest: 80,000 descend on Hyde Park to demonstrate against Hitler’s antisemitism 1933 2 mins The Battle of Cable Street The notorious Battle of Cable St kicks off this film from 1936 which also shows young Basque refugees and a Communist Summer Camp in rural Kent Home movie 1936 11 mins Fascists Defeated at Cable St Newsreel record of the 1936 crushing defeat of the British Union of Fascists in East London Amateur film 1936 1 mins British Paramount News No. 1532 Britain welcomes children liberated from the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp 1945 1 mins British Paramount News No. 588 Defiance is in the air in this evocative newsreel footage of anti-fascist solidarity rallies, after the Battle of Cable Street Non-Fiction 1936 2 mins British Paramount News No. 807 Kristallnacht: the world responds Non-Fiction 1938 2 mins Harold Defries Bar Mitzvah Some serious moves can be seen by guests of all ages in his lovely film showing the Bar Mitzah celebrations of Harold Defries in London in 1960. Amateur film Home movie 1960 9 mins Derby c.1938 - Eisner Personal Film Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made Amateur film 1938 4 mins Shavuot Celebration at King David Infant School, Cheetham Hill Manchester schoolchildren celebrating Shavuot in the summer sunshine. Amateur film 1962 5 mins The Jewish Community in Ulster Take a rare glimpse into the thoughts and lives of members of Belfast’s Jewish Community during the 1960s. News 1966 22 mins Merthyr Office Staff 1936 The Shermans, Cardiff-raised sons of a Jewish tailor from eastern Europe, film in Merthyr, home of one of their betting shops, and feature local solicitor Mr B. Hamilton. Home movie 1936 2 mins Mr. Bernhard Baron In the East End of London, crowds gather to watch Jewish millionaire Bernhard Baron unveil an important new building Non-Fiction 1928 1 mins Sharonah Dance and Modern Food Store There are few more inspiring sights than seeing film of a mixed party of roisterers dancing away, unconcerned about appearances, to different music to what’s on the soundtrack. Home movie 1975 19 mins Soup Kitchen A rare glimpse inside the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor in the East End during the early 1930s. Amateur film 1934 4 mins Remembrance Day In inauspicious times these members of Leeds Jewish community set off for London in a joyful atmosphere, only for the mood to become more sombre as they file past the Cenotaph. Non-Fiction 1935 7 mins Maccabi Sports Club An amateur filmmaker records prize giving at the annual Newcastle Maccabi club sports day - a colourful fragment of local Jewish life. Amateur film 1950 1 mins Scenes at Maccabi Youth Club, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne An evocative snapshot of Jewish life at the Maccabi club in the West End of Newcastle as the community prepares for World War Two. Amateur film 1937 9 mins Women's Annual Bazaar for Israel, Shavuot; Birthday Party; Laying the Foundation Stone of the New Gosforth and Kenton Synagogue 1954 A fascinating 1950s home movie compilation focuses on some of the official charitable events in Newcastle run by Jewish organisations a link with the new State of Israel. Amateur film 1954 9 mins Children's Outing to Northumberland 2 Jewish children enjoy the warm Northumbrian sunshine as the rise of Fascism in Europe threatens peacetime. Amateur film 1937 2 mins Children's Outing to Northumberland 1 Captivating amateur footage offers a snapshot of Jewish families from Tyneside enjoying precious holiday fun in the years before World War Two. Amateur film 1937 2 mins B'nai B'rith Dinner for New President, Jewish Friendship Club Visits, Coco the Clown Visit Behind the greasepaint of an iconic figure in the British circus - Coco the Clown reveals his Jewish roots. Amateur film 1953 16 mins Jewish Ex-Service Men's Coronation Parade 1 A proud expression of Jewish identity and heroism at a Coronation parade to the Eldon Square World War One memorial in Newcastle. Amateur film 1937 4 mins Jewish Ex-Service Men's Coronation Parade 2 Jewish ex-service men make a stand against fascism in a moving display of pride and patriotism in the 1930s. Amateur film 1937 3 mins Ed Cohen at Oval Nets A dream comes true for this schoolboy as he practices in the nets at the Oval, captured in wonderful Kodachrome Amateur film Sport 1939 3 mins Chief Rabbi Visits Birmingham A big day for pupils at King David School in Birmingham when the Chief Rabbi pays a visits. News 1967 1 mins Refugee Today and Tomorrow A fierce denunciation of anti-Semitic policies in Nazi Germany seen in the context of the global refugee crisis of 1938. Documentary 1938 17 mins Talmud Torah and Home for Aged Jews An admonishment to keep to Orthodox ways, or a young Jew poking fun at this; whichever way this film is viewed, it gives a fascinating insight into Leeds Jewish community c.1936. School programme and Educational film 1936 23 mins The Friendship Club River Tyne Boat Trip All aboard a Tyne ferry, the Friendship Club of Newcastle take a pleasure trip down river in glorious summer sunshine. Amateur film 1956 1 mins Cinema Ball A real treasure for aficionados of 1930s cinema, who can try to guess the characters in the film fancy dress competition, with future Police Commissioner Gordon among the judges. Non-Fiction 1936 5 mins Opening Maccabi House in No. 9 Windsor Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne, by the Rt. Hon. Lord Nathan of Churt A big welcome for former Labour politician Lord Nathan at a smart new post-war Maccabi club in Newcastle. Amateur film 1951 15 mins The Big Board at Newquay This historic masterpiece, from Lewis Rosenberg, records one of the earliest Cornish surfing holidays ever captured on film Home movie 1929 10 mins Surfing Scenes Lewis Rosenberg and his mates try out the beaches of Cornwall and the Channel Islands in this remarkable record of British surfing in the 1930s Home movie 1929 14 mins Cornwall 1930s Newquay is the setting for Lewis Rosenberg's film - with horse riding, tennis, girlfriends, much tickling and glorious Cornish beaches Home movie 1930 10 mins Camping in Guernsey 1932 A group of Jewish friends set sail for Guernsey - where they enjoy the cameraderie of outdoor camping, aerial sight-seeing and great surfing Home movie 1932 16 mins Beach Scenes Lewis Rosenberg and his friends enjoy a camping holiday near Newquay in the 1930s - with dancing, kissing, physical jerks and surfing Home movie 1930 11 mins The Big House and Camp Jewish Communists gather for lectures, games and youthful frivolity at a Summer Camp in Swanage as captured in Lewis Rosenberg's unique film Home movie 1930 9 mins Holiday in Catalonia and Beach Scenes Catalonia is one of the destinations in Lewis Rosenberg's original home-movie which features beaches, bullfights and Barcelona Home movie 1950 12 mins Dinard Join Lewis Rosenberg and his mates on a short trip to Dinard and Mont St Michel in this film made during the last years of peace in Europe Home movie 1930 13 mins Guernsey Again - Trying Our Hand at Farming Join Lewis Rosenberg and his friends on holiday in Guernsey where they milk cows, feed chickens, lark about on the beach and attempt to surf Home movie 1930 17 mins Friendship Club Outing; Joel Intract Memorial Home of Rest for Aged Jews, Sunderland; Jesmond Dene Cat eye sunglasses and best frocks are on display at a gloriously casual picnic with the Newcastle Friendship Club on the banks of the River Tyne. Amateur film 1955 9 mins Religion and the People The social work carried out by churches of all faiths in Britain, including a section on East End Jewish life Documentary Government sponsored film 1940 14 mins Tea Leaf An intimate account of frustration and disarray in 1980s Britain from the point of view of a young woman. Documentary 1988 8 mins More from Jewish Britain on Film in our Rentals collection. Explore Rentals Left
