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Title: FAMILY AT BEACH / ON BOAT

Reference number: 6585

Date: 1946*

Sound: silent

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.42 mins

Description: Amateur overview of family at beachfront, shops at promenade. Colour footage of people on boat.

Shotlist: [b&w] Ext shops, sign in window 'Elvey's opening sale'. Family ext. street, walking along past shops at front. Several adults, all smartly dressed, and small children. Filling glasses from fountain. Sign at wooden hut 'North Pole 2D each'. Family walking along beach, sea in b/ground. Waving and smiling at camera. Family walking in park, houses in b/ground. Men play fighting, then playing 'rock, paper, scissors' (2.38) blank (2.42) [col] tracking shot of sea from boat. Gvs people on board, brief view lifeboat 'Forde' on board (3.27) view docks, liners (3.42)