Film Number |
8931 |
Title |
[GRIFFITHS FAMILY ALBUM] |
Producer |
Eric Griffiths |
Date |
1941-1948 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w & colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
63 mins 35 secs |
Description |
Compilation of Griffith family events from 1941 to 1948. Opens with dad, Eric Griffiths, playing with baby David. Children are seen out on a walk. David is playing in the garden with sister Pat and brother Peter in the garden at home in Blackburn and paddling and enjoying the beach in Blackpool. Another baby, a daughter, is born. More scenes of the children playing, including Peter pretending to be Pat dancing. Scenes on VE Day show the children burying gas masks and other wartime objects in the garden and stamping on an effigy of Adolf Hitler. The family is growing up and enjoy spending time with their Uncle Percy. There are snowy scenes during the big freeze of Winter 1947 and a holiday in the Lake District. |
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