Compilation of amateur film by Burleigh Productions, which features a travelogue of a holiday in Devonshire in 1932, a holiday in a touring caravan in the early 1930s, and documentary footage of the 1935 Colmore Trophy, a gruelling test of general reliability and driving organised by the Sutton Coalfield and North Birmingham A. C., which takes place in the Cotswolds. This compilation film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection. Title:...

Compilation of amateur film by Burleigh Productions, which features a travelogue of a holiday in Devonshire in 1932, a holiday in a touring caravan in the early 1930s, and documentary footage of the 1935 Colmore Trophy, a gruelling test of general reliability and driving organised by the Sutton Coalfield and North Birmingham A. C., which takes place in the Cotswolds. This compilation film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection. Title: Burleigh Productions Present Title: Devonshire Title: Holiday memories of 1932 Title: Torquay The English Riviera General views of Tor Bay, beach and a harbour full of boats. Exterior shot of the Marine Spa Ballroom. A grand terrace hugs the hillside in Torquay. Overhead shot of the beach. Close-up of the sign for Torquay’s Babbacombe Cliff Railway down to the Oddicombe and Babbacombe beaches. Exterior of the cliff top railway. Travelling shots follow from the funicular railway down to the beaches. General view of one of the beaches in a sheltered bay. Title: Teignmouth: A delightful neighbour General views of the road into Teignmouth and a pond in a park where a boy is sailing a model boat. Title: Typical scenes on the River Dart General views of a large cruise ship moored on the river, and paddle boat steamers. Travelling shot from a pleasure boat trip. Title: Totnes Travelling shot from a boat passing day trippers queuing to board the Totnes Castle paddle steamer, which carries passengers up the River Dart to Totnes and back. General street view downhill towards the East Gate Arch. Title: Buckfast Abbey: Built by the monks General view of Buckfast Abbey under scaffolding, many visitors walking through the grounds. Title: Dartmeet: In the heart of the moors An old stone bridge crosses the River Dart in the centre of Dartmoor. Title: Biddecombe General view of a bridge. A sailing ship is moored on a quayside and is attracting a small crowd. Title: Ilfracombe General view of people strolling through the town. Title: And so goodbye to Devon. Glorious Devon Overhead shot of a dramatic rocky coastline. [Brief shot of men working in an engineering workshop, probably used as leader.] This sequence begins with a general view of a touring caravan, looking like a half-timbered ‘cottage on wheels’, at a campsite. A man pours paraffin into a stove outside the caravan. A kettle boils on the camping stove. The man fiddles with the stove. Close-ups show a pan of boiling water on the stove, followed by a pan of frying bacon. General view of a shallow, rocky river. A close-up of peas being shelled follows. Two men are staring into an open storage space on the caravan. A general view of the campsite shows the caravan and covered car parked next to the river. Nearby there are more tents and cars at the campsite. A vignette shot records boats moored at a harbour, a town with half-timbered houses in the background. Overhead shot of the harbour and breakwater. Title: 1935 Colmore Trophy Cars assemble in a field in the Cotswolds at the start of the Colmore Trophy Trial, a gruelling test of general reliability and driving organised by the Sutton Coalfield and North Birmingham A. C. Title: Zero Hour A sports car (registration No. JL 3639) pulls up near a stone farm building and the two competitors speak with a couple, the woman in a fur coat. Title: Stanton. This hill caused little trouble. A car tackles a narrow track near Stanton on the edge of the Cotswold Hills, watched by some spectators. Close-up of a car wheel. The car (registration No. DC 8628) drives by. Another competitor, No. 82, (Registration No. WP 3487) drives up the muddy hill track. Observers and spectators step onto the path to watch after the car has passed. Title: Kineton. The scene of 120 failures. Competitor No. 87 (Registration No. BLL 491) takes a corner on a difficult section of the off-road trial, its wheels spinning to gain traction as it struggles up this observed section. Spectators again step onto the path to watch its progress when it has passed. Another car attempts the hill climb. Title: Mill Lane. A restart just below the steepest section. Cars are taking this steep dirt track slowly, the course lined with spectators. Another car reaches this timed section, holding his number card up to the observer. Title: The breakdown of the stream traction on Leckhampton Hill causes congestion in the village. Cars and a bus are parked up near Leckhampton Hill, some drivers waiting beside their cars. Snow is falling as some of the drivers check their engines while they wait. Another street has a line of parked competitors’ cars and the odd motorbike, some drivers smoking cigarettes during the break. Title: The End