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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

8270

Title

[FAMILY LIFE IN THE SUBURBS]

Producer

Harry Gleave

Date

c1948

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

15 mins 53 secs

Description

Compilation reel of Gleave family footage, shot mostly in and around their home in the suburbs of Poulton-le-Fylde. Family members and friends, adults and children and the occasional dog, are seen in the house and garden, and out on the street, playing, gardening or just larking around. Mrs Gleave is seen scrubbing her front doorstep. The reel also includes brief scenes at Lake Windermere, with boats including the the MV Swan of Barrow.

 

 



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