Brandon Estate meets Canvey: Children's Outing to Canvey Island
Standard 8mm film Colour Silent 1964 15:53
Summary: 1964 amateur film of the annual summer day trip to Canvey Island by the residents of the Brandon Estate, Southwark.
Title number: 1083
LSA ID: LSA/1501
Description: [10 seconds of black before the film starts]
(00:10) Title Card: Brandon Estate Meets Canvey Island
Residents board coaches lined up outside of the estate. The coaches set off. There is a shot of the driver and road ahead seen through the front window. There is then a shot of a newspaper headline from the Canvey News and Byfleet Recorder “'Wild Ones’ Threat to Canvey”.
(00:54) At Canvey Island we see children on various rides, such as wooden swing boats, a carousel and a miniature train ride.
(03:25) Twin girls go in the sea. We see residents on the beach. Some women are having difficulty putting up deckchairs. More children go in the sea and the younger children paddle and make sandcastles. A man makes a sand mountain with two children. There is a close-up of some crabs.
(08:53) A young boy on the beach looks through a telescope. The film is edited as if he is looking at ships out on the water. The tide goes out and people look among the rocks. More sandcastles are built. A group of kids look through a telescope on the promenade as residents gather their things and leave the beach.
(11:45) We see a group of boys playing cricket on the grass. A little girl rolls down a hill. Some boys and men fly kites in the shape of birds. There’s a picnic on the grass.
(13:01) Some teenagers buy and eat candy floss. Close up of some women, as one lights a cigarette. Various shots of residents walking around the island attractions.
(13:48) We see a billboard sign for a rollercoaster that features a cartoon of an enormous cat's face and two mice. The rollercoaster is called Wild Mouse. We see residents board the coaster and the camera films from the ride.
(15:01) We see a helter skelter. The cameraperson films as they slide down the ride and is also filmed by another cameraperson as they, along with two companions, reach the bottom.
Intertitle: The End
Credits: Richard Morgan (Filmmaker); Brian Waterman (Filmmaker)
Further information: The Brandon Estate was built in 1958 and housed people from Bermondsey whose houses had been demolished in slum clearance. The residents formed several clubs, and the cine club filmed events run by the social club, which met above the library. Filmmaker Brian Waterman joined the cine club age 17 and bought his camera with his first pay packet (he worked for London Underground).
Keywords: Canvey Island; Summer; beach; fairground; Coaches
Locations: United Kingdom; England; Essex; Canvey Island
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