Short travel film by Yorkshire filmmaker Eric Hall showing the countryside and historic towns of Cataluña, Spain. Title – A Hallmark production Title – Beyond the Clouds Title – Photographed and edited by J Eric Hall The film begins with an illustrated map of Spain, with the names of states and regions labelled. The area of Cataluña is seen close-up. In an overcast, foggy valley in the eastern Pyrenees, which mark the northern border of Cataluña, cattle are driven into a farmyard. Mist...

Short travel film by Yorkshire filmmaker Eric Hall showing the countryside and historic towns of Cataluña, Spain. Title – A Hallmark production Title – Beyond the Clouds Title – Photographed and edited by J Eric Hall The film begins with an illustrated map of Spain, with the names of states and regions labelled. The area of Cataluña is seen close-up. In an overcast, foggy valley in the eastern Pyrenees, which mark the northern border of Cataluña, cattle are driven into a farmyard. Mist rises in the green valley and two men fish over a wall by a stream. They put their catch into the wicker basket carried by one. On a stony beach by a river, a man and a woman in a bikini fish in the water by a weird. Further south, on the Costa Brava, men fish in the bright blue Mediterranean, casting their lines over a wall by the beach. One shows off his catch before dropping into a wicker basket. In Tossa de Mar, a small fortress looks down onto the sunny bay. A man rows a large white boat back to shore. A woman and young man, probably the filmmaker’s family, sit on the beach. On the esplanade in Sitges, some miles south of Barcelona, a young man fills a pottery jug from a water pump on the esplanade. A man drives a horse-drawn cart up a country road lined with trees. Goods including bananas and melons are unloaded from covered wagons, also pulled by horses. A man sells melons straight from the back of a cart, using a small metal scale. Brightly coloured fruit and vegetables are available from a grocer’s, and a man cuts the head from a very large tuna fish. The light coloured buildings of the town are set back from the shore, and small rowing boats lie on the beach. A group of young people in bathing costumes sit and chat, a woman lies on an inflatable mattress on the sand, and people explore the rocks along the shoreline. A group of men fetch in a large canoe. Tourists explore the steep back streets, which are lined with café tables away from the bright sunshine. A waitress in a white pinafore serves tea to ladies sitting at a pavement café. People walk and cycle along the beachside promenade, which is lined with palm trees. Fishermen with large square wooden sieves stand in the breaking waves by the foot of the cliffs, battling with the tide as they sift through the sand for sandworms, which they will sell as fishing bait. Near the much more tranquil beach is a statue of El Greco, the artist of the Spanish Renaissance. In the town, a man stands at an easel and paints the historic buildings. The courtyard of a castle-like mansion, used as a museum, has white walls and is decorated with columns and plants. The commentary explains that inside the museum are works by, among others, Rosignol, Picasso and El Greco. The film ends with the bell tower of the old town surrounded by large ferns and palm trees. Title – The End