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Short Summary
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Description
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- Film ID:
- 2299.01
- Media URN:
- 74615
- Group:
- Documentaries
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1960 - 1969
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
Travelogue of the Sherry producing region Southern Spain sponsored by B.M.C.
Andalusia, Spain.
Small cargo ship arrives in El Puerto de Santa Maria and unloads an Austin 1100. It is driven away by a young couple. Via open country of grape vines they visit the town of Arcos de Frontera and the castle on the hill. They travel on a paddle steamer across the local lake. Visiting a vineyard they sample the sherry and like it so much they visit another. Sequence showing Coopers making barrels for wine. Inside a wine cellar designed by Eiffel
(the tower man ) with stacks of barrels. Some flashy wine pouring Spanish style and a mouse on a ladder sampling a glass of vino. Cobwebbed barrels with famous names on them i.e. Wellington, Pitt, Fox, Napoleon.
Next stop a Rancho for rearing bulls. A bull fight not showing pain and blood. The annual horse show at the military stud farm in Hereth (sp?) lots of horse and cart events and polo. Monuments of Cadiz as the Austin arrives, beach shots and sailing. On to the fishing port of Sanlucar de Barrameda, fishing boats lay on their side on the beach. Open country vineyards in the Hereth (?) area, workers picking the grapes and donkeys loaded with baskets.
Sherry sampling and blending. Mass of sherry barrels. Local festival, all dressed up and on horseback, big town parade with floats and costumes. Festival Queen and maids carry the grapes for blessing and pressing. Great shots of a mass of costumed ladies posing at the festival, great colour. Four men in cute shorts press the grapes by the old feet method.
Some stunning looking ladies perform Spanish flamenco dancing.
End credits: Photography...Dennis Lowe.
Unknown user says
The three references to "Hereth" in text and tags should be changed to Jerez.
The film was no doubt shot to showcase the Austin 1100 Mk II seen in this clip. Bearing an F-registration plate, the footage was therefore almost certainly shot in 1967.
Unknown user says
The girl at the video is my Mother.I heard the history about the video,but i never saw it.The big house it's the old house of my granfather.
My mother is so glad to watch finaly the video,she never watched.
Thank you to make my mother so happy...