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Title: MURPHY FILM, a: Holidays 1938

Reference number: 5846

Date: 1938

Sound: silent

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.59 mins

Description: Holiday film of a family trip to St Ives, via London by train.

Shotlist: (B&W )shot of woman packing suitcase (0.19) gvs of crowds on train station platform (0.29) gvs of London streets at night with illuminated adverts (0.45) shot of seaside taken from train window (0.56) St Ives gvs of beach and town (1.39) gvs of crowds in streets of St Ives (1.54) gvs of the harbour (2.09) gvs of tennis match (2.22) The Coast gvs of coastline (3.27) The Beach gvs of people on beach, shots of beach-huts, children playing in the water (4.59) Inland Walks shot of mother and son picking brambles (5.21) A Wet Day Indoors, shot of Mother and son playing cards (5.29) Colourful Cornwall, (COLOUR) gvs of women admiring flowers in formal gardens overlooking the sea (6.26) gvs of Mother and son playing croquet (6.40) shot of couple in deck chairs (6.5) gvs of beach and harbour (7.19) shot of Mother and son in rowing boat on pond (7.34) Mother and Son come out of beach-huts in swim-wear (7.45) gvs of beach (8.14) gvs of countryside and shoreline (8.58) ints of flower displays (9.08) Home Again Mother gardens while Father and son play cricket in garden (10.19) gvs of boy taking dog for walk (10.49) School! son goes to school on bicycle, Mother prepares evening meal, family sit together and eat (11.46) Father plays the piano (11.55) A Dog's Chance short comedy where a dog steals his master's evening meal when he answers the telephone (13.05)The Performers individual shots of the dog, the man and the family (13.59)