"Gliding scenes at Camphill in the 1930s, including the National Meetings in 1936 and 1937, the latter featuring a visit from the German pilot Hanna Reitsch. There are also aerial shots, and footage of the Slingsby's Gull II glider and the Golden Wren. The Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club has been based at Camphill in Great Hucklow, Derbyshire since 1935, and many pioneers of gliding were members or flew from here. In 1954, Camphill hosted the World Gliding Championships." (BFI Player)
"documentario turistico"
"doc. a fantasia"/avant-garde documentary
"The present fate and possible future of the southern share-cropping farmer have been pictured in dramatic and authentic detail by Alan S. Hacker, ACL, in a five reel, 16mm. film recently completed under the sponsorship of the Sharecropper Film Committee, New York City. Made to aid the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, the production illustrates the agricultural despotism and destitution which have resulted in the formation of that group bargaining organization. Farms and families of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi appear in this documentary record, which kept Mr. Hacker three months in the field. Lee R. Hays. an Arkansan, served him as liaison officer with the union and its supporters, while Gardner Jackson, of the film committee, contributed to the production's planning. Narrative comment and a musical background are scheduled additions to the pictured story, in preparation for screenings before school and civic groups interested in the success of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union." - "Practical Films," Movie Makers, March 1937, 128.
"Black-and-white home movie provides a tour of Rockefeller Center, including scenes of Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers at a garden event." oldfilm.org
"Oltre a questi ve ne sono altri che apparirebbero soggetto ma la trama è così tenue e poco chiara che noi non esitiamo a porli fra i documentari (La prora incatenata; Zoo; Cacciatori delle Alpi o 65 O.M.)"—Cinegiornale, 1936
"In addition to these there are others that would appear subject but the plot is so tenuous and unclear that we do not hesitate to place them among the documentaries (The Chained Bow; Zoo; Hunters of the Alps or 65 O.M.)"-Cinegiornale, 1936
"The film opens with a speeded scene of the sky brightening at sunrise at Mackerye End Farm, and two cats in the farmyard where men lead a bull into a purpose-built van which departs. The printed catalogue for the Great Hertfordshire Show is followed by a sign for the show with Spratts advertising. At Hatfield House where the show is held in the grounds, scenes show the entrance gates decorated with bunting behind a large statue, people in the rain wearing raincoats and capes and carrying umbrellas, and cars parked in the drive. Speeded film of rain clouds. The rain over, scenes of the showground, with many cars on the site, and visitors walking amongst the stands and show rings. A display of implements to pull behind a tractor to turn the soil, then the display of prize cups and shields, followed by a sign “Exhibitors are asked not to bring horses to this office”. In an area fenced as wickerwork pens, horses await the judging. More shots of rain clouds. Bulls are paraded across the increasingly muddy ground, and lined up for judging. There are close-ups of the men who brought the bull from Mackerye End Farm, and their bull “Full Cry” is awarded first prize. More shots of the clouds, and rain teeming from a roof. Shot of a board or box marked Dolphin Smith Harpenden. The crowd with their umbrellas gather for the prize-giving. In the ring during the display of horse riding and a coach, the camera concentrates on the crowd in the rain including a woman’s shoes crossing the wet ground, her raincoat hem mud-spattered. The prize winning bull is shown back at the farm being groomed." (EAFA Database)
"Footage captured by cinephotographer George Sewell, showcasing the results achieved using Dufaycolor film stock." (EAFA Database)
"Activity at Croydon Airport in 1936, with focus on Imperial Airways' international flights. Original film was 33 minutes in length. This is possibly the only surviving representative of the very first Ten Best competition organised by 'Amateur Cine World' magazine." (EAFA Database)
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