Brighton Beach 1896

[bompiberlot]

Qué edad tendrán los niños que se ven en este clip ?

[jeffrey44]

If you are a paedophile reading this, please make sure you leave any videos you may have of kids playing on the beach to film archive so that future generations can study them as we are with this film. I would hate for all that material to be lost forever.

[Robbieo8]

It's weird to think that the little kids playing in the water in this video have been dead for several decades at least...

[chanctonbury63]

I once swam at that beach on New Years day. Looks a bit warmer in this film tho`!

[AnnaKaiulani]

this is a gem of film archive ~ especially to those studying this era. Looking at photo archives is one thing, but film footage brings it all alive. thank you so much for sharing :-DD

[BSNFabricating]

Are those gals not covered down to the ankle!?! Somebody call the Guardians of Public Decency!

[junaidfaiz]

Good collection. Keep it up.

[PhantomVonTollbooth]

Well, they're paddling, as they say... but I suspect they're picking winkles. I saw a restored version of this, among others, at a film archive screening today, and it looked like Super Hi Vision compared to this clip... but I did see it on the big screen, too. Of course there's the certain magic about limited quality - until you can get better quality... I'd upgrade to a time machine if I could

[mickeymoo26]

they all look so wierd what are they doing there like moving so oddly

[jtaimebrand]

@mickeymoo26 its not that they were moving that fast in real life. it has something to do with the cameras back then...made everything look and sound faster than in reality.

[1966carol]

there are actually two piers in this film. The Palace Pier being built and the old Chain Pier behind it.

[TheIxtlan]

This is nice video and I like the color, but all this people are dead and we are next.

[Simba92]

@TheIxtlan So let's make this a better generation :)

[staypress]

@TheIxtlan haha true

[MrsChunkston]

lol of course there was a Pier then!  This video is so cool.

[webboffin]

Just think we drink the same water

[voiceoftreason123]

I liked the girl in the thong.

[PeriodDramaAddict15]

Which one? I didn't see any thong.

[PhilLynott1949]

cool vid tho well done

[PhilLynott1949]

sorry but was there a pier in 1896 i dont think so

[MaskOfRed]

Brighton Pier (then called Palace Pier) was started in 1891 and finished in 1899. By 1896 there would have been a significant structure there, yes.

[PhilLynott1949]

hey cool ive saved this vid as my fav, as i love old fashioned stuff, you got anymore like this please.

[10aj01]

omg. that is so coool!

[Yellow2004Mustang]

They be Dead

[ManilaSyndicate]

The moment I first saw the video I couldn't help but utter a "Wow". I wasn't aware that films were shot in sepia back then, and they look better than black and white ones, like vintage photos come to life.