This is a two reel amateur travelogue produced by James Dudfield Rose of a holiday around Ireland in 1933. He is accompanied by his wife Elsie Adeline Rose, who also produced he films intertitles and animated map of Ireland, as well as his father, also James Dudfield Rose, who appears on several occasions. The tour begins in Ulster and features footage from the RAC Tourist Trophy race of 1933 which was won by Italian driver Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari. They move on and visit the Giant’s Causeway...

This is a two reel amateur travelogue produced by James Dudfield Rose of a holiday around Ireland in 1933. He is accompanied by his wife Elsie Adeline Rose, who also produced he films intertitles and animated map of Ireland, as well as his father, also James Dudfield Rose, who appears on several occasions. The tour begins in Ulster and features footage from the RAC Tourist Trophy race of 1933 which was won by Italian driver Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari. They move on and visit the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, watch flax being prepared near Portrush for use most likely in the production of linen and travel through the Blue Stack Mountains in Ulster and ending this reel near Achill Island in County Mayo. Title: The Call of Erin Title: The call of Erin guides us there by way of Larne A black and white pen and ink map of Ireland. A dot marks Larne on the north-east coast. Gulls feed on the water while onboard a ship sacks are loaded onto a conveyor. A workman gives hand signals to the man at the controls of a crane who is lifting a series of wicker baskets from the hold of the ship. Title: We make our way to Belfast the capital of Ulster The map of Ireland again and a white line animated between Larne and Belfast. Title: With its city hall Pedestrians, traffic, and trams travel along Linenhall Street, in the near distance Belfast City Hall with its cooper dome. Title: And docks Three passenger ships moored along a quayside, on the opposite shore cranes load and unload cargo vessels. Title: ‘Stormont’ the seat of Government The entrance gateway leading onto Prince of Wale Avenue and, in the distance, the Parliament Building. Exterior views of the building. Tile: The Ulster Tourist Trophy Race 1933 At the Ards Circuit crowds standing behind a fence look down on the pitlane below, behind them banners for the like of Dunlop, a large clock and a leader board for the race. Above various flags including the Union Jack flutter in the wind. In the pits three men push the Riley Brooklands 9 sports car to be driven by Victor Gillow past other cars and mechanics making them ready to race. Title: The arrival of the Governor A line of policemen stands along the pitlane, behind them mechanics and drivers continue to work. Two open-top cars drive along the pitlane, a couple in the back of the first vehicle get out. Title: The start A man standing on the edge of a track lifts a Union Jack and the sports cars parked in their spots in the pitlane begin to move out onto the racing track watched by the large crowds. At the rear car number two driven by George Field in an Invicta S Type. From the stands overlooking the pitlane cars speed past. Title: The Sullivan Special at The Pits Billie Sullivan and his co-driver work on their Sullivan Special Morris Minor parked in the pits. One of them lays on the ground looking underneath the vehicle, the other works on the engine. Support staff stand behind a barrier handing over various tools. Title: Victor Gillow after his crash Victor Gillow and his co-driver walk past three cars parked beside a fence in a field. Title: Quarry Corner George Eyston in his Riley TT6 drives relatively slowly around Quarry Corner followed by Chris Staniland who speeds past also in a Riley TT6. Other vehicles speed past watched by onlookers sitting on lay on a nearby grassy hillside. Title: Simister after the crash T. Simister walks towards the pitlane walking behind it. Title: Yallops MG Ronald Arthur Yallop and his co-driver open the grill on his MG Magnette K3 sports vehicle looking over the engine, an official stands nearby watching. The engine hood is tied up with a leather strap before both drivers get back in their vehicle and head back into the race. Victor Gillows driver number ‘12’ is place in fourth place on the leader board besides Tazio Nuvolari’s number 17 currently in sixth place. Title: Rose-Richards Alfa Romeo In the pits Tim Rose-Richards and his co-drive work together to refuel their Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 as well change a type. Tim speeds out of the pitlane before his co-driver can fully sit in his seat. Title: Dixon does not believe in a jack Freddie Dixon lifts by hand the front end of his Riley Brooklands 9 (Dixon Special) so that his co-driver can replace the right-front tyre. He hit the wheel several times with a hammer before climbing back into his car and driving away. Title: The Winner Nuvolari No. 17 Tazio Nuvolari in his MG Magnette K3 pulls in off the track coming to a stop. A man carrying a large laurel wreath walks past. Tazio Nuvolari pulls into the pitlane again and is pointed in the right direction by an official. Title: From Belfast we retrace our steps to Carrick-Fergus the ancient capital of the north The map of Ireland again showing Carrick-Fergus between Belfast and Larne changes to a lifebuoy with ‘Carrick Fergus’ stencilled onto it. A sign points towards the landing place of King William III on the 14th June 1690 changes to show a small quiet harbour with two small fishing boats moored along a stone quayside. Title: The castle is of the 12th century. From the harbour Carrickfergus Castle. An older man believed to be James Dudfield Rose Snr heads inside the castle and speaks with a custodian under a stone entranceway. He walks towards the keep and then along the battlements walks past a series of cannon. Below the harbour with a sailboat approaching. Title: On to the Giants Causeway The map of Ireland and a dotted line leading from Carrickfergus to the Giant’s Causeway. Waves crash over the basalt columns that make up the Giants Causeway. Title: A gipsy & the wishing well A small crowd gather around a woman and her dancing monkey. The monkey wearing a knitted outfit performs tricks for the crowd. Two women and a man take sips from glasses of water, possibly taken from a natural spring at their feet. Title: The first electric tram in the world at Portrush Again, the map of Ireland with a drawn line showing the route between the Giant’s Causeway and Portrush. An electric powered tram speeds past along a straight section of road. Title: Flax after rotting Two men in a ditch lift bundles of flax onto the road where a third man uses a pitchfork to stack the bundles together in piles. In a field the flax bundles are opened, and the flax left out to dry. Title: The walls of Derry The map of Ireland and a line drawn from Portrush to the city of Derry or Londonderry changes to show Derry city wall with cars parked beside it. In the foreground a policeman directs traffic and a horse and wagon drive past. On the Diamond in the centre of Derry the Diamond War Memorial with groups of men sit on benches around its edge. Title: Playing at foreigners the boundary of Saorstat Eirann Title: The only one on the British Empire On the border with the Irish Free State a small building built along a country road. A car drives towards it where a man standing near the doorway. The passenger of the car gets out. Title: Once in the Free State we make our way to Rosapenna The map of Ireland shows the route to Rosapenna from Derry. The exterior of the Rosapenna Hotel with two cars parked outside its front. Title: An Irish fishmonger and his donkey near Doe Castle The fishmonger leads his donkey along a track, the animal is carrying two wicker baskets. The older man seen previously speaks with the fishmonger and holds a fish in his hand. The fishmonger leaves continuing along the track leading his donkey. In the distance Doe Castle sitting on a small peninsula. Title: Among the Blue Hills of Donegal A road or track passes along a rocky hillside through the Blue Stack Mountains. In the distance a house built on the hillside changes to a steam train speeding through the landscape. Title: At Crolly Bridge The map of Ireland and the route to Crolly Bridge from Rosapenna changes to show the stone bridge itself passing over Crolly River. The older man walks towards a stone cottage built nearby, in the doorway a woman smiles at the camera. End title: Leaving Donegal for the flat Dreariness of The Bog The route of the map takes the viewer to Achill Island in County Mayo. A car is parked along a country road, behind it a flat wetland. The road in both directions lead through a flat boggy landscape, in the distance a hill or mountain. A river passing through a hilly landscape changes to show flatlands again with several whitewash house or building in the distance. Title: The indignant Lady of Achill A young woman riding a donkey comes along a track, several houses can be seen on the hillside behind her. Title: Leaving we pass the magnificent Cone of Croagh Patrick of the Pilgrims A pen and ink drawing map of Ireland showing the route of this tour from Larne on the north-east coast down to Achill Islands along the west coast. In the distance the peak of Croagh Patrick Mountain in County Mayo. Title: And reach Lough Kylemore A man in a bathing costume dives into and swims in Kylemore Lough in the Connemara area of County Galway. He climbs out of the water. Title: At Cliften The map of Ireland again and the route south from Achill Island to Cliften, Title: We visit The front cover of a brochure for the Connemara Pony Show taking place at Clifden on the 7th September 1933. A number of ponies in a field. Four men led an uncooperative cow changes to shows more ponies as well as sheep in a pen. A group of men stand around the various animals in the field. A horse and pony stand beside a building changes to a group of boys standing with two men beside a tent. Title: Noble Star Two men hold the reins of a white horse, the animal moves backward stamping one of its hooves. A cow runs across the field, a group of men capture it tying a piece of paper with a number to it. Chickens in a coop. The map of Ireland again with an animated line going from Clifden to Galway. Title: The primitive Gaelic village at Galway The Claddagh A number of small, whitewashed houses with thatched roofs, a few local people wonder past. Out the front of one of the houses washing hanging from a line. Title: From Galway to Limerick The map again follows the route south to Limerick Title: Ride in a jaunting car A light two-wheeled carriage is parked on the curb of a street, the horse attached to it is eating from a feeding bag. An older man believed to be James Dudfield Rose Snr climbs aboard and is drive along a street, he waves at the camera as he passes. Title: And admire the Sarsfield Bridge The Sarsfield Bridge crosses the River Shannon at Limerick, a number of boats on the water near it. Title: Near Limerick is the Great Ardnacrusha Dam Title: And the Hydro-Electric Scheme In the distance the Ardnacrusha Dam on the River Shannon changes to show exterior views of the dam and generating station. Title: Killarney The route of the trip continues south of the Irish map from Limerick to Killarney. General view of Lough Leane Title: Crossing the lake to Innisfallen The older man seen previous and now wearing a straw hat climbs into a rowing boat from a stone quayside. Two local men are already in the boat, one helps the gentleman onboard. From the boat the ruins of Innisfallen Abbey and one of the men rowing. Title: O Sullivans Cascade The older man walks away from the boat moored along a small stone quayside changes to a waterfall; O’Sullivan’s Cascade in the Tomes Wood west of Killarney. The man then walks back to the boat and is helped onboard again. The boat travels across the lake and back at the original quayside where he climbs out of the boat and walks away. Title: Kate Karneys Cottage A woman stands in the doorway of a small, whitewashed house. A number of cars are parked nearby and a bicycle rests against the wall. Title: We climb the awful Gap of Dunloe A man climbs onto a horse changes to show another horse slowing being led along a track beside a steep ridge, part of the Gap of Dunloe in the province of Munster. Another man on horseback comes along a track followed by two more who ride across a small stone bridge. A whitewashed house is built along the track in the shadow of a mountain, the man being led on horseback is identified as the older man seen earlier in this film, he continues to travel along a rocky track through a mountain pass. The map of Ireland again shows the route from Killarney eastward. Title: Leaving Killarney we make for A wooden sign for the village of Blarney followed by the exterior of Blarney Castle. The old man walks through a stone doorway into the castle and walks up a set on stone steps onto the battlements. The Blarney Stone itself which is filmed being kissed by both James Dudfield Rose’s. From blow looking up at the Blarney Stone other lean over to kiss the stone. Title: Cork The map of Ireland again and the route to the city of Cork. Title: The O Connell Bridge and St Finbarrs Cathedral A bus travels across O’Connell Bridge, in the distance the spires of Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral. A stone structure built beside the River Lee on which gulls feed, in the distance the courthouse in Washington Street. Title: We visit Cashel of the Kings The route on the map of Ireland takes them north-east from Cork to the town of Cashel. In the near distance the Rock of Cashel changes to views of its exterior. Two women walking around the base of the castle past a parked car. Title: Cormacs Chapel The exterior of Cormac’s Chapel with stone doorway leading inside. Title: Passing up the Vale of Avoca to the meeting place of the waters The River Avoca passing through a woody and hilly landscape and under a stone bridge. Title: We reach Glendalough The map shows the route to Glendalough changes to that of the Round Tower in the near distant partly hidden in a woody landscape. Title: With its Round Tower A closer view of the Round Tower. Title: St Kevins Bed Two men help a couple climb a vertical rockface to reach the entrance into the shrine. Pine trees growing on the far banks of Glendalough Upper Lake changes to that of Saint Kevin’s Church near to the Round Tower. The map of Ireland and the route to Dublin. Title: Dublin Title: Trinity College Exterior of the Main Entrance into Trinity College in Dublin with a tram and other traffic passing it is followed by the Campanile bell tower and views around Trinity College itself. Title: O Connell Street Trams, vehicles, and pedestrians make their way along O’Connell Street, in the distance Nelson’s Pillar. Title: Cross at Monastaboise The Muiredach’ High Cross, part of the Monasterboice monastic site. Title: The Border The route of the map crossing the border back into Northern Ireland and north toward Belfast. At the border two cars are parked, a man rushes over from one of the cars towards the Customs House nearby. Two cars are parked outside the Customs House, a man steps out of the entrance looking along the street. End title: Larne & farewell to Ireland The map of Ireland again changes to workmen on a quayside loading a car into a ship. The me push the vehicle into a brace before securing it. A crane them winches the vehicle into the air lowering it into the hold of the ship. The boat pulls away from the quayside heading out into the Irish Sea. The film ends on the ship travelling through the water.