Film Number |
7098 |
Title |
LANGDALE HOLIDAY 1956 |
Producer |
Mike Gavins |
Date |
1956 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
12 mins 30 secs |
Description |
Scenes showing members of the Natural History Society at Heywood Grammar School taking a week's holiday trip to the Lake District -shot with a converted ex-RAF gun camera. Includes footage of pupils and teachers arriving at the Wayfarer's Lodge on the Langdale Estate, a table tennis game and teenagers playing mixed doubles on a tennis court. Pupils are seen fell walking up Helvellyn and Striding Edge, swimming in Rydal Water and Tarn Hows lake, and having a picnic close to Stickle Tarn. Continues with unsteady shots of pupils rowing boats on Lake Windermere, as seen from a moving boat. Ends with members of the school sat on summits of Swirl How and Coniston Old Man with shots of Coniston Lake below. |
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