BROOKWOOD CEMETERY

The Brookwood Memorial

Caroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans

This video clip is from the British Pathe archive and shows the Savoy Hotel Orpheans playing 'I'm For You A Hundred Per Cent'. Singer Frances Day enters in an evening gown and sings. She puts her arms around Howard Jacobs (playing saxophone and clarinet) and Carroll Gibbons (conducting) towards the end of the song.

The Funeral of Baron de Cartier de Marchienne

This video clip is from the British Pathe archive and shows various exceprts of the funeral of Baron de Cartier de Marchienne (1871-1946), Belgian Ambassador to the Court of St James since 1927. It includes clips from his funeral in London and of his burial at Brookwood. (Silent).

Joyce Pearce and the Ockenden Venture

This video clip is from the British Pathe archive and shows the early work of Joyce Pearce and the Ockenden Venture in 1958. It includes views of Donnington Hall, Derby; "Venture House" in Woking; Richard Todd and Joyce Pearce; the Ockenden Education Centre; and a theatre trip to London at Christmas by children from the Ockenden Venture.

Laying the foundation stone of the Fazl Mosque

This video clip is from the British Pathe archive and shows the laying of the foundation stone of London's first mosque in Southfields (1924). Now known as the Fazl Mosque - see the Ahmadiyya burial ground. (Silent)

 The One Show

This video clip is presented by John Sergeant. It gives a brief overview of the cemetery, the cemetery railway, and Erkin Guney's plans for the future. (First broadcast in September 2007)

Opening ceremony of the Fazl Mosque

This video clip is from the British Pathe archive and shows the opening ceremony of London's first mosque in Southfields (1926). Now known as the Fazl Mosque - see the Ahmadiyya burial ground. (Silent)