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DetailsOriginal Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 9 mins 10 secs Credits: Individuals: Betty Cook Genre: Amateur
Subject: COUNTRYSIDE / LANDSCAPES SEASIDE TRAVEL
Summary This amateur footage was filmed by Betty Cook on day trips to rural and coastal villages in North Yorkshire, and around her home town, Middlesbrough. Betty Cook was the President of the Cleveland Cine Society and the North East Cine Society.
Description
This amateur footage was filmed by Betty Cook on day trips to rural and coastal villages in North Yorkshire, and around her home town, Middlesbrough. Betty Cook was the President of the Cleveland Cine Society and the North East Cine Society.
The film opens with a shot from a car travelling the coastal road to Saltburn. People enjoy a summer's day on the beach at Saltburn.
Next, there's the village sign for Great Ayton and a road sign to Runswick Bay. General views of Runswick...
This amateur footage was filmed by Betty Cook on day trips to rural and coastal villages in North Yorkshire, and around her home town, Middlesbrough. Betty Cook was the President of the Cleveland Cine Society and the North East Cine Society.
The film opens with a shot from a car travelling the coastal road to Saltburn. People enjoy a summer's day on the beach at Saltburn.
Next, there's the village sign for Great Ayton and a road sign to Runswick Bay. General views of Runswick Bay follow. Pleasure boats are pulled up onto the beach near the lifeboat station.
A lorry drives through a village in the North Yorkshire Moors. The trip follows part of the Esk Valley. General view of the Horseshoe Hotel in Egton Bridge. A car drives down Limber Hill in Glaisdale. A stone sign for Lealholm follows, the location of a Wesleyan Chapel near the river.
The trip arrives at Whitby. General views of the fishing town are followed by a shot of the Lion Inn on remote Blakey Ridge.
The next short sequence is of general exterior views of the Ironopolis Working Mens Social Club in Middlesbrough and the Robin Hood pub, since demolished.
General views of the Cleveland Hills are followed by views of sea crashing onto a beach.
A sign reads “County Borough of Middlesbrough”. Various shots of the town follow: Middlesbrough shot from Ormesby Bank towards the Transporter Bridge across the Tees; Middlesbrough Town Hall, the old police station and library from Albert Road, filmed at dusk.
The film ends with night scenes in Middlesbrough showing a bowling alley, a fish and chip shop and the Golden Bamboo restaurant.