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Title: LEIGH

Reference number: 6648

Date: 1960c

Sound: silent

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 14.35 minsc

Description: Amateur general views family visit to friends or family in England. General views house, street, people, large suspension bridge and visit to zoo.

Shotlist: Ext. large white cottage. Sign, 'Borough of Leigh' with coat of arms, near Wigan in England. Roadsign 'Thirsk 11m, RIPON, Harrogate 11m' Pan green, houses in b/ground. Pan up memorial. Gvs sheep in field, many rams with large horns. Roadsign 'A572 Leigh'. Roadsign 'Leigh 3 1/2 A572'. Gvs traffic passing through street in town, pedestrains crossing road. Pan to railway bridge, sign 'Lanry'. Pan street, houses. Sign 'Brooklands Avenue'. Front door of house, 2 bottles of milk on step, door opens. Brief view child in garden. Pan along large suspension bridge under construction over river. C/u ferry suspended from bridge transporting cars across river. Cars disembark. Tracking shot of bridge above from ferry in operation. Children playing in garden. Gvs family outside house. Children on large beach paddling in water, building sandcastles. Dog playing. Map of Chester Zoological Gardens. Kangaroo, ostrich, gorilla, chimpanzee. Sign 'Elephant House'. Elephant reaching trunk out for food. Gvs various animals including giraffe. View from small boat in zoo. Zebra. Monkeys, polar bear, penguins, bear. Children playing. Sign 'Way Out'. Family leave. Gvs family in park, children in playpark. Sign with arrows 'Bampton, Haweswater'. Gvs countryside, stream, sheep, cat, cattle, farm dogs. Car driving off from outside house, dog chases. Final brief view of house.