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CRUISING IN THE ALONDRA 4500 MILES TO THE CANARIES
1934
1934-06-01
DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 58 mins
Subject: Travel Transport
Summary This is a holiday film which documents the cruise of a Yorkshire family leaving from Liverpool, sailing around down to Tenerife in the Canary Islands stopping at many places along the way, and then the journey back to the UK. This film provides an interesting and unique perspective of travel during the 1930s. Well made and well documented with inte ...
Description
This is a holiday film which documents the cruise of a Yorkshire family leaving from Liverpool, sailing around down to Tenerife in the Canary Islands stopping at many places along the way, and then the journey back to the UK. This film provides an interesting and unique perspective of travel during the 1930s. Well made and well documented with intertitles, this film provides a glimpse into the life and leisure of Yorkshire people as well as captures the local culture and flavour of the places...
This is a holiday film which documents the cruise of a Yorkshire family leaving from Liverpool, sailing around down to Tenerife in the Canary Islands stopping at many places along the way, and then the journey back to the UK. This film provides an interesting and unique perspective of travel during the 1930s. Well made and well documented with intertitles, this film provides a glimpse into the life and leisure of Yorkshire people as well as captures the local culture and flavour of the places which they visit. In addition, the life aboard the cruise ship is also well documented and includes scenes of deck games and joint exercise classes as well as parties and other activities.
The film includes the sites and activities of the following places visited during the cruise:
Coburg Dock, Liverpool
Corunna
Santiago
"Derby Day" - wooden horse race aboard ship
Lisbon - El Rocio Square, Black Horse Square
King Carlos Palace
Casablanca
Rabat, French Morocco
Madeira
Funchal
Poiso
Ribeiro
San Antonio
Santa Cruz - at which there is a wedding taking place at a local chapel
Peak of Tenerife
Las Palmas
Exercise sessions aboard the ship
Port Orotava
Tenerife
Return to Liverpool