Film Number |
7099 |
Title |
LANGDALE HOLIDAY 1957 |
Producer |
Mike Gavins |
Date |
1957 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
16 mins 49 secs |
Description |
Scenes showing pupils and teachers of Heywood Grammar School taking a week's holiday trip to the Lake District -shot with a converted ex-RAF gun camera. Members of the school arrive at the Langdale Estate and unload their suitcases from a bus. Footage includes a group visit to William Wordsworth's home Dove Cottage, rowing boats on Grasmere Lake and fell walking. Continues with pupils walking close to Sour Milk Gill falls stopping for a picnic near Easedale Tarn and a coach trip to Ullswater. Further scenes show a trips to the Aira Force waterfall, Castlerigg Stone Circle and the Bowder Stone. Ends with climbing Helvellyn, pupils standing on the summit and later swimming in Tarn Hows Lake. |
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