European trip, Britain--Robert N. Lupfer--home movies. Reel 10

Date1935 – 1937

Viewing NotesSome people on a boat. People emerge from a boat. A steamship with passengers above. Boy next to a lifeboat. “Washington, New York,” name of vessel painted on stern of ocean liner, with tug alongside. Steamship Washington, United States Lines The SS Washington was launched in August 1932, helping to date this reel. Children on donkeys at a tourist destination. (This may be Clovelly, in Devon, England.) Narrow street, seaside village, pan of houses, hillside and boats on the shingle. Man in slicker with milk cans walks slowly into a building (a nice shot.) Probably England or Wales. Slick cobble streets. Boat recedes leaving wake. Shot of headland from water. Two vessels (paddle wheelers?) House high on rocky outcropping. Man with cars. Pan of landscape. Small bathing huts lined up. Man tries to get into one, looks into tiny window at top. Gothic church ruins. Castle with moat. Great monuments of Europe, people on lawn, wandering about. Stonehenge, family wanders among stones, hides in them. Thatched building with garden. Town with half-timbered buildings. Park and castle. Formal garden, standard roses, topiary. Sign, Harry Mudd. Castle ruin, view of river from above. More castles. Getting into a taxi with driver, good view of big shiny car. Castle and town views. A Gothic cathedral. Stone building. Narrow street. Market (dark view). Ruins. Countryside, fields divided by walls or hedgerows. Slow pan of dirt track and lawn with forest alongside, very nice. Town with Refreshment Rooms sign. Dog follows bicycle, tilt up church towers. One long take. Two horse carts come under stone gateway, very nice. Tilt up brick tower with crenelated top. Child runs in tower. Moat, grand house or castle. Gothic Church, probably Canterbury Cathedral. Red Lion Hotel, Henley-on-Thames. Stone castle. Boat, “Mimie, London” on the Thames. Village with Kodak sign. More views of town streets and monuments. Church of St. Mary sign, interior. In London, double-decker buses, smoggy looking and lots of traffic. A garden with church on a smaller scale. More English monuments and gardens. Tilt up Nelson’s column. Fountain. Street scenes with traffic and urban buildings and squares. At harbor. On board a ship looking at the ocean. View of engine, fuel tank and lifeboats. People stroll on deck. Deck pitches, good sense of being on ship. Cliffs in distance.