Film Number |
11411 |
Title |
IRISH CAMP |
Producer |
Clifford 'Butch' Ingham |
Date |
1948/9 |
Gauge |
9.5mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
15 mins 43 secs |
Description |
Crossing the Menai Straits on board a train to Holyhead then the boys from Bolton School on the ferry to Ireland. Campsite scenes followed by a visit to the Spanish Arch in Galway before struggling to erect tents in a gale force wind. The boys diving in the sea, walking in Galway and cooking fresh mackerel for dinner. Hiking in Warwickshire with the boys walking in Stanton and Stow-on-the-Wold. Views from a train approaching Carlisle followed by the boys queing for campsite food. The boys walking in the grounds of Fernehirst Castle then playing football with a tennis ball. The film ends with the Bolton school boys and teachers waiting for the 'Windsor Lad' steam train. |
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