[Philip Thompson--home movies] Reel 11

Date1981

Can DescriptionsLabel: 'Super 8mm Reel 5A.' // Travel footage of British Isles. Pans of distant mountains. Poor focus shot of Queens Hotel exterior. People walk on sidewalk along waterfront area. Sequence of very quick shots, each only several frames long, of scenery, monuments, family on beach, sign for 'Loch Katrine,' 'Centenary Fountain.' Scotland. Poor focus footage from moving car of countryside. Another rapid sequence of shots in town. Sign for 'Ash Cottage' bed and breakfast. Small village street with storefronts, possibly Grasmere. Red Royal Mail truck parked on street. Brief shot of sign 'The Wordsworth Hotel.' Sign: 'Sarah Nelson's Original Grasmere Gingerbread.' Old cemetery. Poor focus footage of man inspecting canes/walking sticks outside store beside road. Scenic countryside. Stone buildings. 'Tarnhow's Hotel' sign on side of one building. Poor focus shot of cows in road. Sign: 'Hawkshead. Ann Tyson's Cottage.' 'Hawkshead Grammar School' sign. Old cemetery and church on hillside. Shots of village. Sign: 'Rotary Club of Ambleside Wishing Well.' Shot of well. Sign: 'To Roman Town Wall.' Shot of wall. Stone bridge over stream. Ornate castle/chateau with swans in pond in front of it. Countryside from moving car. Bronze sculpture 'Tommy and Maggie' by Malcolm Robertson on hillside in Glenshee, Scotland. Quick sequence of shots including quick shot of 'Braemar' road sign. Signs for Balmoral Castle. Group of people by tour bus. Poor focus shot of Thompson family picnic. Countryside from moving car. Stonehenge. Salisbury Cathedral. 'Walking Madonna' sculpture by Elisabeth Frink. Mostly poor focus shots of stained glass windows. // This reel was originally at the tail of item 2185.0010, but had to be separated for transfer.