Still from South Devon via EAFA
United Kingdom
English
00:24:38
625 ft
16mm
B&W
Silent
"Film record of a visit to South Devon comprising shots of local beauty spots, visitor attractions and the activities of locals and tourists." (EAFA Database)
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive
"Shots on reel 1 include: the exteriors of historic buildings in Wells, the cathedral and bishop’s palace, the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey and the exterior of Exeter cathedral; Cheddar Gorge and the surrounding countryside, notably shadows cast by the Gorge over the valley below; views of the coast at Torquay and Salcombe harbour and estuary. Shots on reel 2 include: the activities of tourists and locals along the South Devon coast, notably Eunice Alliott and her younger sister, Violet Rachel Caroline Hawes Wilson, fish for mackerel off Bolt Head, Salcombe; Eunice Alliott takes a scenic walk along the cliffs at Bolt Head; the Alliotts take a boat tour with other tourists up the River Dart and film an organ grinder with his monkey at Totnes; a blacksmith is filmed at work at the old forge in Branscombe and fishermen and villagers are filmed at work along the shore at the village of Beer; one fisherman, John Bull, poses for, and addresses, the camera." (EAFA Database)
Amateur Cinema