Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 3264 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
CAMERON COLLECTION TRIP TO LONDON AND FAMILY SCENES | 1940s | 1940-01-01 |
Details
Original Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White / Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 12 mins Subject: COUNTRYSIDE / LANDSCAPES ENTERTAINMENT / LEISURE FAMILY LIFE TRAVEL |
Summary This film is part of the Cameron collection and contains footage of a trip to London that takes in Regents Park Zoo, Oxford Street and then back to the family home. |
Description
This film is part of the Cameron collection and contains footage of a trip to London that takes in Regents Park Zoo, Oxford Street and then back to the family home.
The film opens with shots taken from a train carriage; the train passes through some stations and then cuts to a shot of Big Ben.
There are shots taken from a boat which passes an old style fishing boat.
The next scene opens in a zoo; a lion and a leopard pace up and down in their cages. Seals swim in their pond and then there are...
This film is part of the Cameron collection and contains footage of a trip to London that takes in Regents Park Zoo, Oxford Street and then back to the family home.
The film opens with shots taken from a train carriage; the train passes through some stations and then cuts to a shot of Big Ben.
There are shots taken from a boat which passes an old style fishing boat.
The next scene opens in a zoo; a lion and a leopard pace up and down in their cages. Seals swim in their pond and then there are shots of a polar bear in its cage. A couple of different types of penguins walk around their enclosure and follow their keeper. There are shots of pelicans, the lion in his cage and some penguins playing in the water. There are also shots of eagles and vultures.
A man and a woman are at the Tower of London and there are shots of some of the buildings and the walls.
Down at a ferry port are shots of many different liners arriving in and sailing out. Then there are point of view shots from the front of a car as it drives along a road and into a tunnel. A woman talks to the cameraman and then there is a shot of the woman holding a boy's hand and walking after another woman with a child.
Colour.
An older man and woman, most likely the grandparents, two other women, a man and a young boy stand at the gate of their house and smile at the camera.
Black and white
A young boy brushes snow from a path and then there are shots taken from the top of a bridge looking down onto a steam train as it goes under; its badge number is 4400.
Shots taken of flowers and plants blowing in a garden; a man stands over some plants and points to some labels. There are shots from the front of the house and then shots of a man climbing into an old style car.
Two men sit on a sled and go down a snowy road; there are shots of other people too. A man and a woman are in a sunny garden with a dog and when the man holds out his arms the dog jumps through them.
Some women and a man stand beside a car; another woman and a young boy walk over to them and they all smile at the camera.
There is a brief shot of one of the women getting an ice cream at a stand and another shot of some fish in a pond.
A man and two women sit in the garden of their house and play with a young child; they all smile at the camera.
There are shots of family members sitting around a table smoking, drinking, laughing and smiling at the camera. A man at the table plays with a dog and this is followed by shots of a young girl playing cards with one of the men.
A man stands facing the camera with his camera up to his face. Then the shot cuts to a Guy Fawkes dummy seated outside in a chair.
Title-The Eyes and Ears of the World.
A woman stands in a garden and looks at the camera. She smirks and pulls on a pair of leather gloves.
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