This is the ever growing archive of the late C.S. John Sparkes, an author, filmmaker and farm owner from the village of Chilton Polden, Somerset, England.
Throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, John enjoyed filming three minute snapshots of events, locations and wildlife in the areas surrounding his home on silent Super8 film.
Somerset Film in Bridgwater has been entrusted with this huge collection of over 300 film reels, cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes and photographs and is proudly digitising it for you to view on this KZbin channel with the support of National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to all the players.
Over the next year, we'll be uploading everything we can find that he recorded.
== THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN HELP! ==
We don't have notes on every film, so if you recognise anyone or any places shown in these films, please let us know in the comments below each film or email us at
[email protected]