Servants

The Servant Problem

Music Hall comedienne walks the embankment with a placard saying "I want a domestic servant"

Star's Dresser (1946)

Beatrice Lillie's dresser goes about her daily chores; brief glimpse of the star herself.

Expensive Picnic (1947)

A family goes to luxurious picnic in countryside.

Elizabeth Hotel (1953)

Serving wenches serve food at Elizabethan banquet at Gore Hotel, Kensington.

Mrs Mopps' Own Ball (1959)

Charladies clean offices then have a knees up at Clapham Manor.

Domestic School (1948)

Girls are trained for domestic work at a Goverment-sponsored centre in Somerset.

Lady's Maid (1946)

Item about Suzanne a trained lady's maid.

Old Maids Day In Paris (1928)

Young girls who work for dressmakers celebrate St. Catherine's Day, patron saint of Old Maids. Paris. France.

Another Occupation For Eve - The Kennel Maid (1932)

Young girls are trained to be kennel maids - nice shots of the girls at work with dogs.

Maid At Work (1914)

Excerpt from from stage play ?

The Kennel Maid (1931)

Women work as kennel maids in Haslemere.

Nurses Off Duty (1948)

Off-duty nurses have breakfast in bed and are allowed to wear make-up for work!

Hey Ho Thirty Years Ago ! (1935)

Comical piece of film about the maid Mary Jane who accidentally blows herself up after pouring paraffin onto the fire.

Rockefeller And His Bride (1959)

The Heir to the Rockefeller fortune marries his former Norwegian maid.

Creating A Coiffure

A hairdresser sketches a hairstyle for Madame then proceeds to put his idea into practice.

The House Of A Dream

Excellent story about a modern, art deco dream house on a hilltop in Amersham.

Butlers' School Issue Title Ok For Sound (1939)

A London school where young men and women go to learn skills of domestic staff.

Friends Again (1924)

People on horseback have drinks before setting off on a hunt with the hounds.

Domestic Hospital Workers (1944)

Ministry of Information recruitment drive trailer for domestic hospital workers.

Domestic School (1960)

Students train at a Domestic School in Munich, Germany.

Domestics Unlimited (1961)

Resting actors work for Malcolm Taylor's domestic help agency in St John's Wood, London.

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 315 - Domestics Unlimited (1961)

Out takes (rushes, cuts) for the stories featured in CP 315.

Home Help (1946)

Home help scheme started in Oxford.

Good Housekeeping Tests (1956)

Appliances and food are tested for the Good Housekeeping Certificate and Seal of Guarantee.

Good Housekeeping (1952)

Footage of women checking household goods at the Institute of Good Housekeeping, London.

G.B.S. George Bernard Shaw (1946)

Excellent footage of the writer George Bernard Shaw at home in Hertfordshire.

George Bernard Shaw At Home (1946)

Cuts from newsreel 46/58 - great candid shots of George Bernard Shaw on his 90th birthday.

Home On Wheels (1957)

Dora Bryan spends day in the country in full comfort inside her luxurious van!

Bernard Shaw - A Tribute (1950)

Obituary to the writer George Bernard Shaw.

Greta Garbo At The Villa Cimbrone (1938)

Area around Villa Cimbrone in Italy where Greta Garbo is staying with Leopold Stokowski (Garbo is not seen).

May Wedding - Arrival Back At Buckingham Palace (1960)

Princess Margaret's wedding entourage arrive back at Buckingham Palace. Good quality