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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

10985

Title

FAMILY CAVALCADE

Producer

Gerald Derbyshire

Date

1952

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

16 mins 29 secs

Description

A little boy plays with a bucket and spade then on a tricycle on the street before picking flowers in a park. Learning to ride a bicycle then scenes from the 1952 Easter holidays with a visit to Ingleton Falls then a crowded Avenham Park on Easter Monday with ice creams and Easter eggs. Various zoo animals then the little boy enjoying a ride on the back of an elephant. A little boy feeding the swans and walking beside the river Dee in Chester followed by views from Blackpool tower and Pleasure Beach scenes. Boys playing on the beach then fairground scenes followed by a trip to Harrogate and Knaresbrough Castle

 

 



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