Jersey Island Of Surprise 1950-1959

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Location: The Island of Jersey

Title. Shot from air pans over island. Various shots of coastline and rock formations. Couple playing with bats and ball, medium shot. Various shots of people on beach playing games (good close-up) Young girl bouncing a ball up coastal path. (Song ends, narration...

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Cataloguer:
James
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
82155
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:37:17:00 / 01:55:55:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2801.04
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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  • "Couple driving along corniche in sports car" - the car is a model by Berkeley (I can't be sure exactly which one).

    However this information does help reduce the clip's current date range, as the Berkeley car company wasn't formed until 1956. I think a new date range of 1956-59 is therefore sensible.

    jamied 11th Oct 2012
  • The building seen at 03:40 is St Ouen's Manor.

    Seen at 03:57 is Royal Square in St Helier.

    At 06:20 we see the RJAHS building.

    At 11;12 we see Elizabeth Castle.

    At 11:27 we see Gorey harbour,

    At 11:29 we see Mont Orgueil Castle.

    At 13:45 we see the Moulin de Lecq watermill.

    "Plane taking off" - it's a Vickers Viscount.

    "Plane passes island" - it's the Corbiere lighthouse.

    jamied 16th Jan 2013

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