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Title: MARAU / AUSTRALIA / HONG KONG / CEYLON / SOUTH AFRICA

Reference number: 10043

Date: 1966* / 1967*

Director: filmed by Robert Sibbald

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 7.47 mins

Description: Amateur footage of a travel agent's visits to Fiji, Australia, Hong Kong, Ceylon and South Africa.

Film maker was the Edinburgh based travel agent Robert Sibbald. Sibbald Travel Agents operated for 50 years from 1947. The films show the film maker's travels abroad researching holiday destinations and cruises. The film maker's grandson believes Sibbald took most of the films in order to give talks to various bodies to get business for the travel agency. Sibbald did a lot of work in ski resorts in Europe and he organised the travel for the Scottish curling teams both for holidays and competitions.

Shotlist: [no title] - sign 'Welcome to Marau Model Village' - Fijian traditional musicians playing - gvs tourists visiting traditional Fijian houses - dark shots of brass band playing under cover - shots from ship of pilot boat sailing alongside - l/s Sydney Harbour Bridge - passing Sydney Opera House under construction - gvs roof of opera house, people on pier - shot of coast from ship, hydrofoil passing - passengers relaxing on deck of ship - gvs ship at quayside and streamers (2.12) gvs from ship at sea, coastline in distance - closer shots of coastline, cargo ship passing - passengers on deck posing for camera and beside swimming pool (3.19) gvs at harbour, 'Star Ferry to Hong Kong', looking over to Hong Kong in distance - gvs of Hong Kong from high viewpoint - tourists walking through street market - c/u 'McAlister & Co. Ltd.' sign - pan across harbour and junks - 'Tiger Balm Garden' sign, tourist fanning herself in the heat - gvs coastline (5.11) 'Welcome to Ceylon' sign - traditional dancers and musicians performing - dark shot of snake-charmer? - l/s coastline and beach - brief shot people on rural road (5.48) gvs passengers sunbathing on deck of ship - girls' pillow fight over pool, watched by passengers (6.40) gvs airport crest 'South Africa Welcomes You' - street scene with sign 'The Wee Shop - Cafe' - panning shots across coastline and Table Mountain at Cape Town - street scenes with local traders selling wares (7.47)