[Reid Family--home movies] Reel 15

Date1935

Can DescriptionsEngland + Wales Reel 1 1935

Donor-supplied NotesEngland and Wales 1935

Viewing NotesThe ocean and the deck of a ship. A man standing at the ship’s rail, looking at a ship on the horizon. Couples dancing on deck. A young girl dancing. The life boats and smoke stack. People on deck. People in a rowboat. Shots of a town on the coast, filmed from the boat on the water. A man on the deck of the ship points to the White Cliffs of Dover. Title card: ‘“CYCLING IN ENGLAND”’. Intertitle: ‘Duration of Cycling Trip 47 days July 1 – August 16 1935’. Intertitle: ‘Starting from London and ending in Edinburgh Mileage cycled 1676 miles Train mileage 307 miles Total 1983 miles’. A map of Great Britain and France. A white line tracks the cycling route from London, along the coast through Brighton, Dorchester, Plymouth, Lizard and [obscured]. Intertitle: ‘Southeastern England boasts the world’s smallest public railway.’ A train leaving a station. Intertitle: ‘Hurstmonceaux – a feudal manor in Sussex.’ Panning shot of fields and manor house, with cyclists leaning against a fence. Three cyclist coming up the road. Intertitle: ‘A Sussex scene’. Panning shot of landscape. Intertitle: ‘Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain’. People walking around Stonehenge. Intertitle: ‘A Hampshire village’. Two cyclists riding up a village road. Intertitle: ‘… “the eager look on landscapes”…’ (Quote from ‘The Tint I cannot take – is best-‘ Emily Dickinson) Panning shot of landscape. Intertitle: ‘The Cornish coast near Falmouth’. Buildings along the coast. Intertitle: ‘Polperro, a quaint fishing village’. A house built into the seaside cliffs, panning past people on the shore and houses on the hill. Buildings with signs, including: ‘Entrance, Polperro Museum’. The cyclists riding past the camera. A cathedral (Truro Cathedral) and town (Truro, Cornwall) filmed from a boat on the Truro River. Intertitle: ‘The ‘Cutty Sark’, famous old ship, in Falmouth harbor’. The Cutty Sark, a three masted clipper ship. Intertitle: ‘Lizard Head, southern-most point in England’. Two men seated on the edge of a cliff by the water. One man is smoking. Panning shot of the cliffs. A man (Charles?) seated on the rocks. A bus driving down the road, past a road sign that reads: ‘A 30 Lands End ½, Logan Rock 3 ½ , Lamorna 7 ½ , Penzance 10 ½ , B3315’. Intertitle: ‘Land’s End, western-most point in England’. A man seated on a rock by the water, with ships passing in the background. A map of England and France. A white line shows the cyclists route from Land’s End, through Glastonbury, Bath, Gloucester, ending in Kenilworth. Intertitle: ‘Stone walls often border Cornish roads’. Cyclists riding up a road. Intertitle: ‘St. Ives---“I met a man with seven wives”..’ (Quote from the English nursery rhyme ‘As I was going to St. Ives’.) A flock of seagulls, with boats and a lighthouse in the background. Shot of the town and beach. Intertitle: ‘Clovelly, on the Devon coast.’ Two men (Charles and friend with glasses) walking down cobblestone streets. Intertitle: ‘Devonshire is hilly’. Hilly landscape filmed from a moving vehicle. Intertitle: ‘Lynmouth and the Fore-land, on the Devon Coast.’ Panning shot of the town and coastline. Hills. Intertitle: ‘Countisbury Hill has a 25 per cent gradient.’ Hills and coast. Fields. Intertitle: ‘Glastonbury Abbey’. Shots of the monastery and ruins. Intertitle: ‘The Cheddar Gorge, near Wells’. A man walking his bicycle down a road at the bottom of the gorge. Shot of the hills. The smoke from a train can be seen in the distance. Intertitle: ‘Tintern Abbey, on the Wye.’ The ruins of Tintern Abbey. Map of England. A white line shows the cyclists route from Kenilworth, through Ludlow, Barmouth, Conway, ending in Chester. Intertitle: ‘Ludlow, on the Welsh border.’ Cyclists going through a town with timber frame buildings. Intertitle: ‘The English have coal-burning lorries…’ Cyclists passing a coal powered truck hauling logs. Intertitle: ‘Welsh mountains are largely treeless.’ Panning shots of hills. Cyclists going around a corner. Intertitle: ‘Native Welsh is still common.’ Shot of a sign: ‘COMISIWN Y COEDWIGOEDD, PERYCL TÂN, IR GOEDWIG WLADOL, NA CHYNEUWCH DÂN, NA THEFLWCH FFLACHELAU GOELWCH AM DDARNAU SIGARET PEIDIWCH CELLWAIR A THAN (Commission of the Forest) Intertitle: ‘It was not all downhill…’ Cyclists walking their bikes up the road, mountains in the background. Intertitle: ‘Cader Idris, a lofty Welsh peak’. Cader Idris and surrounding hills. Intertitle: ‘Harlech Castle’. The castle, with houses and tents in a field beyond. Intertitle: ‘Aberglaslyn Pass, in North Wales’. A stream flowing down from mountains. Intertitle: ‘Northern Wales is rugged’. Fields and mountains. Intertitle: ‘Coasting down Llanberis Pass’. Cyclists riding down the hill. Intertitle: ‘The Conway River Valley’. Hills. Intertitle: ‘Llangollen, on the River Dee’. The town, river and surrounding hills. [End of Reel]