Film Number |
5024 |
Title |
SETTING OFF FOR HAWKSHEAD |
Producer |
Miss E Jennings and Doris Crompton |
Date |
1955 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w & colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
9 mins 08 secs |
Description |
The girls of Grange Park School enjoy a holiday staying at the Langdale Estate, Great Langdale in the Lake District. The girls are assembled and depart on a hiking trip to Hawkshead, passing through Elterwater and Skelwith Bridge and stopping for a picnic at the northern edge of Windermere. In Hawkshead, they watch a May Queen procession which includes a brass band. They visit Waterhead and board a boat at Ambleside Pier, feeding the seagulls as they travel across Lake Windermere to Bowness. The films ends wih the girls and teachers relaxing back on the Langdale Estate. |
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