Film Number

10296

Title

[GIBRALTAR, CAIRO & HOME SCENES]

Producer

Douglas Riding

Date

1930s/40s

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b&w

Sound

silent

Running Time

31 mins 56 secs

Description

A cruise liner followed by the army firing large guns on the headland in Gibraltar then Mr Riding at the Southport Gate in Gibraltar's city walls. After a walk down by the docks and views of Gibraltar we see people on the deck of a ship. Picking flowers in the garden of a large house then 3 men and a woman frolic in the countryside. Mr and Mrs Riding with a dog by the ruins of a abbey then picnicing by a lake. A baby in a pram, on the beach and on the lawn followed by leaving the hospital with nurses and parents. At the Gezira sporting club in Cairo we see the Riding's playing tennis and swimming then in their garden and picnicing in the desert. After a polo game the Riding's climb a pyramid and take a camel ride to see the Sphinx. Back in England we have croquet on the lawn, table tennis and a girl on a swing.