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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins
Subject: COUNTRYSIDE / LANDSCAPES
Summary This film mainly concerns a pond and its fish and plant life.
Description
This film mainly concerns a pond and its fish and plant life.
Intertitle: "Water lily wonderland".
"The finest collection of water lilies in Europe are to be found at Burnby Hall, Pocklington".
"The home of Major P.M. Stewart looks out across velvety lawns onto the two lawns which are surrounded by rare trees".
There is a view of a large country house, and then a pond which is covered in lily pads. Three children, two girls and one boy, sit on a bench beside the...
This film mainly concerns a pond and its fish and plant life.
Intertitle: "Water lily wonderland".
"The finest collection of water lilies in Europe are to be found at Burnby Hall, Pocklington".
"The home of Major P.M. Stewart looks out across velvety lawns onto the two lawns which are surrounded by rare trees".
There is a view of a large country house, and then a pond which is covered in lily pads. Three children, two girls and one boy, sit on a bench beside the water. Two elderly women are with them. The camera then examines the pond's plant life.
Intertitle: "58 varieties planted in 234 beds in varying shades from white to deepest red".
There is further footage of the pond.
Intertitle: "Winding paths through the rockeries to the lower lake".
People walk around on paths through the garden. The little girl from the bench walks across a bridge.
Intertitle: "Beautiful fish swim gracefully among the lilies and abundant water plants".
There are shots of fish in the pond.