Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 2562 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
HOLIDAY IN SCOTLAND | 1964 | 1964-01-01 |
Details
Original Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 37 mins 3 secs Subject: TRAVEL |
Summary Part of the Williamson Collection, this film is a travelogue of a trip to Scotland and a cruise in the Mediterranean in 1964. The film includes scenic footage of the places visited, and intertitles are used throughout the film to identify different travel destinations and activities including a wedding. The film also contains footage of fishing in West Tainfield, North Yorkshire. |
Description
Part of the Williamson Collection, this film is a travelogue of a trip to Scotland and a cruise in the Mediterranean in 1964. The film includes scenic footage of the places visited, and intertitles are used throughout the film to identify different travel destinations and activities including a wedding. The film also contains footage of fishing in West Tainfield, North Yorkshire.
Title - 1964 Scotland A few scenes of our stay at Gatehouse of Fleet Dumfries.
Title - Gatehouse of Fleet A...
Part of the Williamson Collection, this film is a travelogue of a trip to Scotland and a cruise in the Mediterranean in 1964. The film includes scenic footage of the places visited, and intertitles are used throughout the film to identify different travel destinations and activities including a wedding. The film also contains footage of fishing in West Tainfield, North Yorkshire.
Title - 1964 Scotland A few scenes of our stay at Gatehouse of Fleet Dumfries.
Title - Gatehouse of Fleet A run up to Glen Trool
The film opens with scenic views of the hilly landscape. There is a stream which people use stepping stones to cross.
Title - Gatehouse of Fleet The Gatehouse hotel.
There are exterior shots of the hotel and the quiet town centre road nearby.
Title - Water ski-ing & bathing from the beach at - Sand Green.
Title - 2nd September Silvia. Brown. To Henry M. Watson
Members of the wedding party, including a flower girl and ring bearer, wait outside the church. The bride and groom exit the church, briefly posing in front before getting into a car. Wedding guests then crowd around outside before making their way to the reception.
Title - The Reception at Monk Fryston.
The wedding reception is held outside at the gardens of the stately home. Guests chat and help themselves to refreshments on this sunny day.
Title - Phyllis & Kennth [sic] sail for America on the ss "Sylvania."
The ship is docked in the harbour.
Title - Stocking the river at West Tanfield.
Fishermen gather around a large metal bucket filled with fish. One of the men holds a fish up for the camera. The men then sweep water in a large, wooden structure, possibly a fish hatchery used to stock the river for fishing season.
The next section of the film documents a trip in the Mediterranean, and footage is preceded by descriptive intertitles.
Title - In May we sailed on the ss"Bravo" for western Mediterranean Ports.
Title - Calling at - Lisbon Gibraltar Genoa Leghorn Naples Salerno & Valencia
Title - Getting to know our fellow passengers.
A group of holidaymakers lounge in the sun on the deck of the cruise ship.
Title - The Botanical Gardens
Title - Lisbon We had a run southward to-wards Setubal. Stopped at a wine makers for a taster.
Title - The coastline round Setubal was very picturesque.
Title - Passing the ss"Dunera" on a childrens educational cruise.
Title - Our next port of call was Genoa. We were held up here for a dock strike.
Title - The Japanese Floating Fair arrives.
Title - Entering the next Port of call "Leghorn." Here we took on a load of Marble also visited - Pisa.
Title - The Cathedral & Basilica at Pisa.
Title - Pisa. Views from the top of the Leaning Tower.
Title - Tirrenia. We spent an enjoyable day bathing here.
Title - The Captain commences to make a garden seat.
Title - Sardine fishing.
Title - Leghorn. Tons of white marble comes aboad. [sic]
Title - Leaving Leghorn we sail for Naples. We had 4 days stay here due to a customs strike.
Title - Passing the island of Ponza.
Title - Naples Here we took a coach tour round this most beautiful coast road to Amalfi & Sorrento.
Title - En route calling at a Cameo Factory & Pompeii.
Title - Pompeii.
Title - Amalfi. One of the resorts on this wonderful coast. Had lunch here.
Title - Naples A small fishing village in the cleft of the rocks.
Title - A street in Naples.
Title - Vesuvius from the ship.
Title - The Captain's seat begins to take shape.
Title - We spent two most enjoy-able days on the island of Ischia. An unspoilt Italian island.
Title - We pass many islands en route.
Title - Ischia The main shopping street.
Title - A hydroplane passes.
Title - There were several pleasant bathing beaches. Such as -
Title - Our next port was - Salerno. Here we loaded many tons of tinned tomatoes.
Title - The Nunnery on the mountain top. From which, it is said, the nuns threw themselves to escape approaching Nazis.
Title - Gathering mussels - they seem to be a favourite food of the locals.
Title - The barber comes aboard & did good business.
Title - Boat drill.
Title - On our way home we call at Valencia. Here we loaded 300 tons of onions.
Title - Dolphins - at play round our prow.
Title - Gibraltar in sight.
Title - Firing the salute in honour of the Queen's Birthday.
Title - ss"Bravo" The Captain's garden seat is finished - & so is our most enjoyable holiday.
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