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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

6900

Title

[RACING CARS, WEDDING, CHRISTENING, VISITS TO FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND]

Producer

Mr Archibald Ronald Tassell

Date

1936/44/45/46/47

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

13 mins 19 secs

Description

A mixed compilation featuring cars along Brooklands Race Track and a motorcycle rally in Surrey, a wedding party arrives at the Crown and Mitre Hotel in Carlisle, with the bride and groom posing for the camera. A brief sequence shows family and friends at a christening. Colour footage shows Tassell family members and friends having a picnic in the countryside and leaving Dover on a ferry for the continent. Scenes of unidentified locations in Switzerland show mountain regions and visits to a number of towns. Features a cable car ride with shots surrounding the Grimsel Pass. Concludes with short sequences of a trip to Paris and a zoo.

 

 



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