Ww 2 started a month later. This is an end of era film. Marvellous.

I had a family holiday in the resort as a kid in 1968, took the touring caravan, remember the model boats battle in the park.
Holiday savings purchase was a C16 Scalextric Ferrari P4, still got it today.
A smashing film, record of days gone by, never to return, a slower less frantic time.
A last throw of the dice before ww2, some of the folks in the film would never return .

I've lived in Scarborough now for at least 10 years (born in Robin-Hoods-Bay) and it's great seeing this film of how it used to be - pure archive gold-dust!  Thank you so much for posting.

Just looks the same. My grandma was from Scarborough and her dad was the harbour master in 1939

Wow, seeing what my Mum saw as a 13year old is mind blowing, She is still alive today age 95. Oct '21. Wonderful.

Gold dust if you are in to history.

This is absolutely fantastic. Scarborough is my favorite coast destination.

Go to Scarborough all the time, video shows how little it has actually changed since 1939!!  Absolutely love the place.

superb  footage,my dad would have been about 12-13 then he worked the beach his father my grandad Billy Hart owned the swingy boats on the sea front back then and my Grandmother Vena Valente had an ice cream company "Valentes ices"fantastic bit of footage

Back when Scarborough was a proper resort. I love the place but its been declining for decades.

What get me are the fashions for the women. In the space of 20 years women's fashion had gone from full on Victorian long dresses and massive hats in 1919 to scantily clad bathing suits in 1939. The dramatic revolution in dress is quite amazing.

Beautiful footage of a bygone age

Thanks so much for the upload. My Dad told me stories: He'd been there on holiday with his parents at the outbreak of WW2. He was amazed as the Landlady where they were staying, was ready for war in 20 minutes. Gas mask, tin hat etc. Thanks again.

Please let me go back in time for a day.

I grew up in Yorkshire and knew Scarborough well - lovely to see how it was then. Notice the cerulean blue skies without the covert geoengineering stripes and constant haze dimming the sun going on today

I understand Charles Lawton the actor was born in Scarborough and, that his family owned a hotel in that City. Delightful scenes.

This is an astonishingly great video. Scarborough looked as good back then as it does today. Thank you for the upload 👍

What a gorgeous,nostalgic film, just taken to record a holiday, but now a walk back in time,love the South side, in all honesty its all about the same,except of course the outdoor pool has gone,apart from the hair styles the Clock cafe looks just the same,thank you so much for sharing this film with us.

Amazing! at 8.02 is a clear picture of the house was born in in Mere View Gardens ! Thanks for posting!

Colour movie film was phenomenally expensive in 1939 - probably two or three times the price of black and white, after processing. I think this is 16mm film, which was already very expensive and generally out of the financial reach of most ordinary people. This amateur photographer must have been either wealthy or very committed. From the appearance, this was early Kodachrome, which came out in 1935. Check out some of the colour movies done by Eva Braun. She used Agfa colour film. Not as good as Kodachrome, IMO but good nevertheless.