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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7189

Title

[FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN, GARDEN AND HOLIDAY SCENES]

Producer

Thomas Pollard Hodkinson

Date

1951-54

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

15 mins 22 secs

Description

Scenes of the Hodkinson family at the Festival of Britain, in their suburban garden, and on holiday. Family members are seen amongst the crowds at the South Bank Exhibition in London and then outside the family home, Lynwood, in Romiley with their pet spaniel. After shots of a man laying turf in the garden, there is footage of caravan holidays in Anglesey and trips to Abersoch in 1952 and 1953, Also features a family visit to the grounds of Chatsworth House and further garden scenes in Romiley, including a woman picking sweet pea flowers.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]

 

 



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