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The Parriss Collection of films, held in The South West Film & Television Archive, is the work of a father and son team, both of whom worked for the gas board. Their working life is covered in the collection, however, most of the collection is of their home lives and interests; because it is a dual collection it has an unusual span, 1930s to 1970s. Both men produced good quality home movies, some of which – such as children smoking pipes - has been described as quirky, all of it useful for domestic and social history. In his film 'Fashions of ‘38', Mr Parriss senior staged a fashion show involving his wife and friends modelling swimwear, daywear and evening wear. This film shows sophisticated evening dresses, racy skirt lengths, and fancy hats, and included inter-titles providing a commentary on the outfits such as "sun-ray pleating, a feature of 1938" .His titles also suggest he had a perception that his films would be of historical value one day; stating that the film, illustrating 1938 contemporary clothes, was made "so that they may be of interest in years to come". Other amateur film makers' collections held in The South West Film & Television Archive include those of aero-engineer, Frank Owner, who also recorded both his work and his home life and interests in the 1930s . The films of Claude Endicott constitute one of the largest amateur collection in the archive. He made a large number of home movies mainly from the 1920s to the 1970s, featuring his family, as well as shooting film of local scenes and events of importance to the region including 'Ice Skating At Cadover Ponds' during unusually cold weather in 1933. |
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