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DetailsOriginal Format: 9.5mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 11 mins 45 secs Credits: Charles William Carr Genre: Home Movie
Subject: CELEBRATIONS / CEREMONIES FAMILY LIFE SEASIDE
Summary A home movie produced by Charles William Carr begins with his family on the beach believed to be at Bridlington followed by views of events taking place as part of the Wickersley Show near Rotherham. A woman and child are filmed in London believed to be during the Festival of Britain when visiting the Tower of London. The final part of the film shows a family group together following a christening.
Description
A home movie produced by Charles William Carr begins with his family on the beach believed to be at Bridlington followed by views of events taking place as part of the Wickersley Show near Rotherham. A woman and child are filmed in London believed to be during the Festival of Britain when visiting the Tower of London. The final part of the film shows a family group together following a christening.
The film opens on a family on a beach, possibly Bridlington sitting on the sand playing with a...
A home movie produced by Charles William Carr begins with his family on the beach believed to be at Bridlington followed by views of events taking place as part of the Wickersley Show near Rotherham. A woman and child are filmed in London believed to be during the Festival of Britain when visiting the Tower of London. The final part of the film shows a family group together following a christening.
The film opens on a family on a beach, possibly Bridlington sitting on the sand playing with a dog and paddling in the sea.
In a garden a hedgehog and cat drink from a plate of milk.
The film changes to horse and carriage trials taking place as part of the Wickersley Show. Six young women pose for the camera wearing hula skirts before performing a 'grass skirt hula dance' on the showground for the surrounding crowds. Beside a marquee a man lowers himself down between two long ladders using a harness. Views of a show jumping event are followed by people jumping on a trampoline.
The film cuts to a woman and boy standing beside a lake in a park before gaining admission to a decorative flower garden. The woman smells a rose. General views follow of the Tower of London and White Tower. A Yeoman Warder speaks with the camera operator.
A family group pose with a baby possibly outside a church. The film ends with a number of men holding the baby outside a semi-detached house.