Christensen Number 333
Standard 8mm film Colour Silent 1950s 33:20
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Summary: Christensen Number 3
Title number: 22219
LSA ID: LSA/29271
Description: Opening shot of a couple walking from their home and getting into a Morris Minor with suitcases on top - away on their holidays - driving down the road.
Close up of baby in a pram then a seaside view with two young children throwing stones into the water. Close up of a rodent in a wooden hutch. Shot of people walking up and down the promenade, cut to shots of a fun fair, roller coaster, ferris wheel and different amusement stalls. Ends with children on swings.
External shot of Tower of London and then trooping of guardsmen in Tower grounds. Shot of Thames from Tower then panning to Tower Bridge and Pool of London. Shots of children feeding birds.
Shots of countryside from a moving vehicle with tulip fields (The Netherlands?). Shot of children playing in a swimming pool and mother feeding baby with bottle and then a shot of baby eating an ice cream.
Back at the seaside with sandy beach (possibly The Netherlands).
Cuts to an animal safari park (The Netherlands) with a peacock and a caged bear with people feeding the peahens. Shots of the countryside; then elks and zebras and polar bears behind bars. Shot of a hippo swimming in a pool, flamingos and ape with baby behind a fence. Shot of the elephant enclosure and snake house.
Back in the UK, a shot of a country house with people coming out of a doorway. Street scene in front of (their?) house with cars covered in snow; snowball fight and general shots up and down the road of people walking in the snow.
Shot of front door of house with woman holding baby. Children and adults well dressed coming out of a church entrance with man holding baby all dressed in white (christening gown?). Exterior shot of a church.
More shots of rodents in wooden hutch. Shot of two children on horseback. Shot of baby being pushed along the pavement in a pram by two women.
View of docks and barges on a river. Shot from the roadside of a lift bridge across the entrance of a large dock.
Shots of a religious procession (church parade) with children dressed in white, with scouts, girl guides, pipers, marching bands, men with red sashes and blue sashes carrying a statue of Christ.
Exterior shot of houses on a street, pan to a Pearly King walking down the street. Cut to a street scene of floats coming towards the film maker one of which says Hornchurch Carnival Queen, and another Southend Carnival; June Dairy Festival; Townswomen's Guild; Basildon carnival queens and others in convertables.
Shot of the back door of house with toddler playing with brooms.
Shot of the countryside looking down a hill towards a village.
Shot of a lake or river with a woman feeding swans followed by a shot of the countryside from a moving vehicle.
Shot from above looking down on a beach and seaside. A shot of a swan walking along a path with more swans and ducks next to a lake. Shot of a giant swan (absolute unit)pecking a man's bottom.
Shot of grandfather and grandson on deck chairs sunbathing at seaside. Closeup of a child and shot of the beach and sea. Another closeup of a toddler with people walking along a promenade with tea shops. Shot of gulls diving for fish. Shot of countryside taken from a moving vehicle looking forward, with sheep blocking the road. Shot still taken from front of a car driving through a village. Shot of a waterfall taken from a bridge. Medium shot of two children walking in a forest by a river.
Final shot is of the seaside.
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