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Film Number

11274

Title

[CRAVEN FAMILY AND OTHER SCENES]

Producer

Lucy Craven

Date

1955-62

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

17 mins 47 secs

Description

The family together for Christmas and enjoy drinks and a buffet. Outside the E.A Craven Potato Merchants warehouse a truck with their logo can be seen arriving to pick up stock for delivery. Later the family spend time together in the garden, the children read from the same book. The children play together indoors as well as out in the street. In separate scenes the little girl is dressed as a fairy as she plays in the street, her brother practices his football skills. Later at a birthday party, a group of children gather round the table to enjoy some birthday cake and sing songs with the adults. Rural and small town scenes including a different family members taking turns to go horse riding. The children enjoy a trip to the beach and swim in the sea.

 

 



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