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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1235

Title

[SWIMMING AT SWINTON AND VARIOUS VISITS]

Producer

Charles Taylor

Date

1934-35

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

10 mins 20 secs

Description

Opens with a swimming gala at Swinton Baths in 1935, followed with a visit to a zoo (Belle Vue?), featuring a small boy. Also features a family visit to the Isle of Man. Followed by footage from holidays in 1934, including scenes in an Edinburgh garden and at Southport.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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