Sunday by the Sea (1953)

By kind permission of director Anthony Simmons, we present an extract from this delightful portrait of East Enders on holiday in the Essex resort of Southend-on-Sea, shot over two weekends (one a bank holiday) in August 1951. There is no commentary - instead, Simmons cut the film to fit the rhythms of traditional London music-hall songs, this particular one performed by Joan Sterndale-Bennett with Betty Lawrence on the piano.