Old Film of Salisbury, Wiltshire

 

Salisbury Before 1920

It's not clear if the Canadian soldiers wading through Salisbury's floods during their Great War service were in the outskirts of the city or nearby.

Canadians In Floods At Salisbury (1914-1918)- British Pathé on YouTube

Crowds of local people turned out to see the children's parage celebrating peace in the aftermath of the Great War, later known as World War I.

Peace Celebrations At Salisbury (1918-1919) - British Pathé on YouTube

Historical Pageant At Salisbury (1919) - British Pathé on YouTube

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Salisbury in the 1930s

England: Salisbury Carnival Week Custodian of the Keys (1930) - British Pathé on YouTube

On 1st February 1930, 21-year-old Lady Margaret Douglas Hamilton, second daughter of the 13th Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, got married to Mr James R. Drummond-Hay in Salisbury Cathedral.

More than a thousand guests attended the event. There was even a special train put on to bring the London guests down to Salisbury.

Major James Drummond-Hay went on to have a daughter, Elizabeth, born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1937.

Picturesque Society Wedding (1930) - British Pathé on YouTube

The City By The Plain - British Pathé on YouTube

Salisbury & Stonehenge - Scenes Aka The City By The Plain Salisbury (1934) - British Pathé on YouTube

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Salisbury in the 1940s

Salisbury Issue Title - In Other Words (1943) - British Pathé on YouTube

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Salisbury in the 1950s

A £100,000 appeal was launched in the 1950s, with repairs needed to a lot of the Cathedral's structure and fittings, including some which were about 600 years old.

This footage includes some great aerial footage of the city below.

Salisbury Cathedral (1950) - British Pathé on YouTube

Salisbury Cathedral (1950) - British Pathé on YouTube

The major renovations allowed the Cathedral's oldest clock to chime again.

Oldest Clock Chimes Again (1956) - British Pathé on YouTube

Near to the city was the Common Cold Research Unit.

Common Cold Research Unit - Salisbury (1958) - British Pathé on YouTube

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DVD Trailer

A short clip from the DVD called “A Century of Salisbury and District on Film", available from the registered charity Windrose Rural Media Trust.

Salisbury Inner Ring Road - Peter Elliott on YouTube