The British Cartoon Archive

This material contains private film and sound items, including films and home movies Giles made himself either at home or on holiday. The audio material appears to be recordings of social occasions or events. The films (which are mostly 16mm), sound reels and VHS tapes have not been checked for content or quality (partly because most of the film is in sealed cans). The information below comes from labels (if existing). Includes:

audio reels [which are showing signs of vinegar syndrome] - Tom Nottern's? farewell; birthday party 29.9.53 [Giles's birthday]; piano?; Ken on Gill; Patricia & Christopher [relatives]; Carl Piano/Harold & John [both crossed out]; Olive N; Scotland?; Alexis Kerr singing; Tuddenham Fountain speeches [one of the pubs Giles visited frequently]; Ken Singing.

Film items - Silverstone [&?] Horse Show - Pat Smythe {a friend of Giles]; Eric Sykes/Brabham/Freddie Mills - Brands Hatch; audio; cuts; water; USA (1st); Scotland; Ireland; zoo; boat cuts; misc cuts; spacing various x 2; pelican; new print - R[ound] The Pubs [sealed - may be the film Giles made travelling around Ipswich]; Ugly Duckling [sealed with tape - may be a home movie film mentioned in some publications on Giles]; uncut - new Bermuda for cutting followed by old Bermuda and cuts for joining [sealed]; New York [sealed]; combined odds; Around The Pubs In [?] (original [sealed]; Italy; Lord Tollemache.

VHS - zoo (magnetic); Jennifer's wedding [relative]; Ugly Duckling (sound not playing properly and ending is missing); R[ound]. The Pub[s]; Gordon Fielding showreel.

Also features colour slides (not taken by Giles) of: Winston Churchill's funeral, Princess Margaret's wedding, and scenes from Canada, Fiji and San Francisco, red London bus being loaded on or off a ship at docks, RNLI lifeboatmen in dinghies, woman sitting on a bench (with text written on slide mount 'Grandma Giles at Lancieux C. Dun').