This is one of many travelogue films made by amateur filmmaker Laurie Wright. Using intertitles, the films shows many of the interesting sights of the Cumberland Coast and Wasdale at a time before mass tourism. Title - An Argoth Production Intertitle - Lakeland the walkers paradise A rambler in shorts walks across a moor away from the camera. Title - Cumberland Coast and Wasdale There is a beach with the tide coming in, and a sign for 'Drigg' on the railway platform. A...

This is one of many travelogue films made by amateur filmmaker Laurie Wright. Using intertitles, the films shows many of the interesting sights of the Cumberland Coast and Wasdale at a time before mass tourism. Title - An Argoth Production Intertitle - Lakeland the walkers paradise A rambler in shorts walks across a moor away from the camera. Title - Cumberland Coast and Wasdale There is a beach with the tide coming in, and a sign for 'Drigg' on the railway platform. A passenger train passes through and other parts of the village are shown. A man runs into the sea in his swimming trunks. The passenger train is stood in the station, with the signal box behind. Intertitle - A peculiar lighting effect caused by the setting sun shining against a heavy black sky On a bright day, some houses stand at the end of a country road, with mountains in the background. The camera pans around to show the nearby scenery. Intertitle - Walsdale An old stone foot bridge spans a river. Intertitle - Gloomy Wastwater, Lakeland's deepest lake The lake is shown close up with a tree in the foreground, and then from a distance. Intertitle - At Wasdale Head There is another old stone foot bridge over a river in a valley, followed by a country lane with houses. Two young men emerge form one of the houses in their shorts and walking gear. There is another old stone foot bridge over a river in a valley. Intertitle - Burnmoor Tarn with Kirk Fell in distance There is a pool of water with mountains in the background and a pile of rocks in the foreground. Intertitle - Black Sail Pass . . . to lonely Ennerdale A sheep grazes among the bracken and rocks. Nearby is a fast flowing stream down a mountain. Further upstream a wooden foot bridge crosses it. A walker sits down on a rock to eat. The surrounding mountains are shown, and then the stream where the bridge is, which is crossed by a walker. Intertitle - Great Gable 2949 ft. dominates the head of Wasdale Great Gable is shown in the distance, and again from a different vantage point along with the other surrounding mountains, and then looking down onto Wast Water. Intertitle - The Gable provides magnificent views of the surrounding fells From high up the camera pans around the surrounding scenery. A walker makes his way up the side of a mountain, and is joined by two others. They walk along the edge of a steep rocky face, where rocks have been piled up in the shape of a cone. There is then a view down onto the coast from high up, and of the surrounding terrain. Intertitle - Wintertime on Gable Four men walkers sit on a bank of rocks. They then walk across a snowy ridge. Intertitle - Appropriately placed on the Cairn is the fell and rock climbing club war memorial The memorial stone is seen in a bleak snowy setting, on the top of a steep rocky mountainside. A man waves his arms stood next to the previously seen pile of rocks. Intertitle - Pier's Gill, Lakeland's finest, deepest and narrowest chasm There is a view looking down onto the chasm. A road sign for 'Sty Head Pass, Wastdale Head and Grt. Gable', is followed by showing the path through Wastdale Head. Intertitle - Sty Head Tarn The tarn is shown. Intertitle - On Eske Hause, Charing Cross of the hills. The loftiest pass and signpost in England, 2370 ft. The signpost is shown, pointing to Claramara in one direction, and Scawfell in the other; and also to Langale and Sty Head, with a look at the view from the top. Intertitle - Ascent of Scafell Pike Scafell Pike is seen with the top shrouded in mist. Some walkers make their way over the rocky ground towards the Pike and along the path leading up. Intertitle - The highest point in England, Scafell Pike 3210 ft. The climbers have reached the top of the Pike, where a stone mound has been built. A man and a woman stand looking out at the view. Intertitle - The precipitous north face of Scafell The camera looks down the steep side of the mountain, showing the path down. Intertitle - A fine view of Great Gable From high up Great Gable is seen nearby. Intertitle - . . . & down across Mickledore Chasm to Wastwater The view down into the valley is shown between the two sides of rock, with Wastwater in the distance.