Cornwall

Air Chiefs Battle 'unseen' Enemy (1949)

British scientists test out a new supersonic rocket.

Westward Ho! (1961)

Lovely travelogue showing the pleasures that await holidaymakers in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.

Tv From Space (1962)

Television pictures from America are received at Goonhilly in Cornwall, via Telstar.

Science In Fishing (1958)

An experiment by Cornish fishermen to try and find pilchards through radar detection.

Open Air Theatre AKA Cornwall's Minack Open Air Theatre (1955)

Rehearsals for a performance of "the Scottish play" at Minack Cliff Theatre in Cornwall.

New Super Cable (1926)

Telegraph cable from American is dragged ashore at Sennen Cove, Cornwall.

Mead Making (1949)

A look at how the drink mead is made in Gulval, Cornwall.

Horse Sense (1950)

Nice item about a horse that drinks beer at pub in Marazion, Cornwall.

Goodbye To The Lancaster (1956)

The last of the Avro Lancaster bombers flies from a Cornish airfield to be broken up.

Goonhilly Earth Station (1969)

Footage of official opening of the Goonhilly satellite and communications centre, Cornwall.

China Clay (1948)

China clay is obtained from the Little Treviscoe Pit near St Austell in Cornwall.

China Clay (1964)

Clay is extracted from man-made pits then turned into powder in St Austell.

Britain's Wild West (1933)

Short but sweet travelogue showing various spots in Cornwall and its residents.

Britain By Jove - Programme 3 - Reels 1 And 2 (1960)

Travelogue with dummy Lord Charles and Ray Alan covers Wales, Bath and Cornwall.

Britain By Jove - Programme 4 - Reel 3 (1960)

Footage of the ventriloquist dummy Lord Charles on tour of Cornwall.

Atlantic 'kon-Tiki' Arrives (1956)

Three men and two cats cross the Atlantic on a raft for 87 days.

Seven Stones Oil Tanker Disaster AKA Torrey Canyon (1967)

Cleanup operation gets underway from 'Torrey Canyon' oil tanker disaster in Cornwall.