This is a film from the Douthwaite Collection featuring a family holiday in Sussex. The film begins showing the cover of a brochure for Hastings and St Leonards, and then the front of a hotel on the seafront.  Some men are fishing on a jetty.  There is a sign for public lavatories in both directions.  With a puzzled expression on his face, George rubs his chin as he looks at the sign.  There is a busy town centre, and Rosalie lies on the beach.  Then there is a quiet street with small timber...

This is a film from the Douthwaite Collection featuring a family holiday in Sussex. The film begins showing the cover of a brochure for Hastings and St Leonards, and then the front of a hotel on the seafront.  Some men are fishing on a jetty.  There is a sign for public lavatories in both directions.  With a puzzled expression on his face, George rubs his chin as he looks at the sign.  There is a busy town centre, and Rosalie lies on the beach.  Then there is a quiet street with small timber framed houses (dark).  There is a pub and shops.  Then there is a miniature railway and boats on the beach, where a boy and a girl play.  They take a ride on the East Cliff funicular railway at Hastings, looking down at the beach huts, boats and coast.  The beach is packed with people, some swimming in the sea.  They then look down onto Hastings pier and bandstand, which are then shown in lights at night time. Next they are again on the beach again swimming in the sea.  A man stands on the pier in a top hat giving out flyers.  There is a board advertising Wannock Gardens in the South Downs.  This is followed by a view down onto Beachy Head lighthouse, before they visit the gardens.  There is a stall with a banner declaring: ‘View the Wonders of the Deep’.  A man haggles over a crab he holds up. Next they are on the platform of Rye Railway Station and then on a busy street, with a plaque for ‘Hilder’s Cliff’ and they go around Landgate and Mermaid Street.  Then they visit Bodlam Castle, and in the evening the seafront lit up by lights, with the Cecil Alden Band advertised as playing on the bandstand.  Finally some adults wave to the camera from the front of a hotel. The End.