Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 4252 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
NORTH WALES - LAND OF CASTLES AND MOUNTIANS | 1945 | 1945-01-01 |
Details
Original Format: 16mm Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 18 mins 45 secs Subject: COUNTRYSIDE / LANDSCAPES SEASIDE TRAVEL |
Summary Prolific Yorkshire filmmaker, G.W. Gillott, documents a trip through North Wales. |
Description
Prolific Yorkshire filmmaker, G.W. Gillott, documents a trip through North Wales.
Title - Orford films
Title - Castles and mountain.
Title - Over Conway's beautiful bridge, we enter a land of enchantment.
The opening shot of this film shows an expansive view of the bay of Conway and Conway castle. The filmmaker then captures the Conway bridge and castle from various different angles. Next, there are shots of streets in Conway; people walking under a stone arch, along the sea front...
Prolific Yorkshire filmmaker, G.W. Gillott, documents a trip through North Wales.
Title - Orford films
Title - Castles and mountain.
Title - Over Conway's beautiful bridge, we enter a land of enchantment.
The opening shot of this film shows an expansive view of the bay of Conway and Conway castle. The filmmaker then captures the Conway bridge and castle from various different angles. Next, there are shots of streets in Conway; people walking under a stone arch, along the sea front roads, and queuing outside a house with a sign that reads, 'Smallest house in Great Britain, admission 2d '
Title - Heavy spring rains make the far famed Swallow Falls an impressive sight.
Water cascades down a staircase fall, know as the Swallow falls, which visitors watch from an observation deck and the river bank.
Title - The Snowdon Peaks, in all their majesty, come into view beyond Llyn Padarn.
Panoramic view of Snowdon peaks.
Title - A wee lamb halts our progress as we descend the fair vale of Gwynant.
A lamb walks along the road, and this is followed by further shots of the peak landscape.
Title - Then we come to Harlech, most famous of all the castles.
The exterior of Harlech castle is represented from a multitude of diverse angles, before the filmmaker cuts to show tourists exploring the grounds.
Title - Across Tremadoc Bay, Criccieth has its own tiny castle.
On a verdant hill beside the coast stands a small, worn castle, and this followed by people walking along a rocky beach.
Title - Caernarvon castle, mightiest work of our forefathers, guards the western end of the Menai straights.
The filmmaker captures several shots of the Caernavron castle, including a popular tourist market, which takes places in the shadows of its fortified walls.
Title - The clouds are breaking as we cross Telford's beautiful bridge, to view Snowdonia from the Isle of Anglesey.
Cars and people cross Telford bridge, before the filmmaker cuts to the wide stretch of water, where an impressive old sail boat is anchored. From a moving boat, which sails past the old sail boat, a ferry travels along filled with passengers. Now on the shores of the Isle of Anglesey, the filmmaker captures tourists looking across the water to the oblique landscape of Snowdonia.
Title - The cruise from Llandudno to the straights is a feast for the gulls.
Back on board the ferry, seagulls fly beside and perch on the boat, before passengers hold out food for the birds.
Title - Llandon, beautiful seaside centre for this glorious land.
A panoramic view shows the Llandon seaside, and other shots show the beachfront packed with tourists, there is also a performance of Punch and Judy. Next, trams take passengers through the streets of Llandon. With the camera now onboard a ferry, the filmmaker captures a large passenger ship called 'King Orry', with cliffs in the background. Now on shore, a sign reads, 'Great Orme railway - Book here for summit'. Passengers queue up for the railway, then the train car makes it way up the windy streets. From the summit the filmmaker shows an expansive view of the area.
Title - As evening shadows fall.
A ferry docks at a pier, and from the pier there is a shot of the Islands shore front. The final shots in this film show the sun setting across the waters.
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