Ruislip Garden etc. - Summer 1939
16mm film Colour;Black & White Silent 1939 12:30
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Summary: Trips to the beach and reservoir are followed by family scenes in the garden.
Title number: 21022
LSA ID: LSA/27585
Description: Summer garden and domestic scenes. Colour. Beach scene: boy on pebbly beach wearing woollen swimming costume and sandals. Group shot of family wearing 1930's style bathing costumes and hats. Shots of family swimming, a number of ships can be scene on the horizon. Group larking about in the water, older man holding youngest boy in the water. Family splashing and having fun, close up of girls wearing red swimming caps. Mother helping clothed children get shoes on by beach wall, all wearing sandals. Boy had his shoes on on the wrong feet. Still by the seaside, views of colourful planted garden, with labels for what the flowers are. Mother pushing buggy with boy in on a path in the garden with two older ladies wearing hats and blue dress, there are beach huts behind them. They look at planted garden display designed to look like clock. Still the same day, all formally dressed the group of of three women and a man go along a suburban road which shows a shot of a zebra crossing. In background a very 1930s looking car passes. Little boy on railway bridge watching a black passenger train 'Southern 233' pass. Boy waving at train. Elevated view of mother and child walking through a municipal park which leads to the beach. Boy and mother sitting backwards on a green bench, boy hiding in trees and kicking a small ball. More close ups of the young boy. Older girl (10/11) plays with boy in the garden. Family then do a conga line through the garden. Open expanse of water, possibly Ruislip Lido. Several shots show children feeding swans and geese. Bread is taken from a bakery bag which has has dates on it: '70s years: 1869-1939'. Shot of the edge of water. Boy and girl walking up steps of a railway bridge, shot of tracks and train going by. Back on pebble beach, boy is putting sand in metal bucket, girl has model wooden boat.Group are making sandcastle. Black and white stock (edge code is dash, which is 1938): young boy and girl (now looking younger) pulling wooden trolley through a walled garden. Boy holds a relatively large koala cuddly toy that has on a knitted swimming costume. Man with children picking vegetables. More shots of the children playing with koala bear and wooden trolley next to a dry stone wall in the garden. Shot of family dressed up smartly with sun hats leaving house then walking down a sloped street.
Credits: Emonds, Eric (Filmmaker)
Keywords: Seaside; Holiday
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