Archive Films and Videos from Friends' School, Saffron Walden, Old Scholars

  Film of the School produced and directed by Old Scholar Matthew Robinson in 1963. It is in 3 parts on 'YouTube'. Click here or on the image on the left to view this 27 minute film. Click here to read the article by Matthew Robinson from the School Magazine 'The Avenue January 1964', about the making of this film. Click here to read the diary of how the film was made.

  BBC Film of the School in 1977. This 10 minute film shows how the sixth form students at Friends' used to run the school for one day each year in the absence of teachers, on 'School Day', using their own alternative timetable. Click here or on the image on the left to see this film on 'YouTube'.

  Video of the School in 1989. This 10 minute video about Friends' School was filmed by Friends' School students in 1989 and produced and directed by John Dickinson. This version, and the only one I can find, is without the added soundtrack. Click here to see this film on YouTube.

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