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Still from Welsh Colours via EAFA

Identifier:

  • 4459 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

Eustace Alliott

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:26:15

Length:

630 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Dufaycolor

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"Film record of a journey from Oxford to South West Wales and northwards through Wales, comprising shots of local beauty spots, visitor attractions and the activities of locals." (EAFA Database)

Resources:

This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK

Locations:

  • Oxford, UK (Filming)
  • Gloucestershire, UK (Filming)
  • Worcestershire, UK (Filming)
  • Pembrokeshire, UK (Filming)
  • Wales, UK (Filming)
  • Pembrokeshire, UK (Filming)

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Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Viewing Notes:

"Scenes on Reel 1 include: a visit to Brampton Grange; a sightseeing trip to Oxford; encounters with children at play in Burford; a walk by the river in Bourton on the Water; buildings and traffic observed in the Cotswold village of Broadway; a visit to Malvern; observations of the scenery and life in the Brecon Beacons; a sightseeing trip to Castell Carreg Cennen; a rainbow observed over Tenby harbour; a trip to Manorbier Castle; sea views at Manorbier Bay; trips to the village of Solva [Solfach] and St Davids. Footage includes: Oxford colleges and street scenes on the High Street and at other locations in Oxford; a boy on a pony with a sheep dog shepherding a ewe and a lamb down a hill in the Brecon Beacons; waterfalls at Pont Aber; views of and from castles at Carreg Cennen and Manorbier; the harbour and harbour area in Tenby; shots of historic churches in Oxford and Malvern and St Davids Cathedral. Scenes on Reel 2 include: observations of the scenery along the coast and inland. Footage includes waves breaking ashore at Traeth and Cwm Tydi; views of the valley at Tal-y-Llyn, country flowers at Lledr and across the moors at Denbigh [Mynydd Hiraethog]. The film concludes with a shot of youths playing in the river near Ruabon while cattle bathe close by." (EAFA Database)

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