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Title: MAJORCA HOLIDAY 1972

Reference number: 8895

Date: 1972

Director: [filmed by Dr James B B Baird]

Sound: sound

Original format: super 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.19 mins

Description: Amateur footage of a group of friends on holiday in Majorca, including visits to Palma, Magaluf, Puerto de Soller and a safari park.

Title preserved as part of an AHRC funded video preservation project in partnership with Glasgow University, entitled 'Children and Amateur Media in Scotland'.

Shotlist: animated title sequence - map of island of Mallorca with aircraft pulled across - gvs from aircraft flying over mountains - shot from aircraft touching down - shots of Monarch aircraft on runway, airport bus, passengers disembarking - tracking shots from car heading for Palma - gvs arrival in Palma (1.20) ON TOUR - high shots of cemetery, sign 'Cementerio Municipal' - gvs cemetery gates and buildings, women visitors walking around, c/u shots of memorials, visitors, palm tree - shots of goats on road and Morris 1100, rocks at roadside - small chapel on cliffs, steps leading to it - shots of visitors entering Restaurante Es Grau near Estellencs, then driving away in Morris - gvs landscape, tracking shots entering Estellencs, driving through, along cliff road (3.50) PUERTO SOLLER - brief shot of pony and cart - gvs seafront at Puerto de Soller, tram in distance - MAGALUF - gvs pleasure boats on sea, l/s hotels on headland - gvs visitors relaxing on hotel balcony and sunbathing beside pool - gvs Hotel Antillas and sculpture outside - shots of woman sunbathing and writing postcard (5.46) PALMA - tracking shots from car entering Palma - shot of Palma cathedral - tracking shots along streets and seafront - 'Aquarium' sign - shots of dolphins performing various tricks at Marineland aquarium - gvs of other exhibits, including sea lion, flamingos, pelicans, turtles, exotic birds, vulture, raccoon (10.29) shots of windmills by roadside - sign 'Cuevas del Drach' - visitors relaxing at bar - SAFARI - shots at 'Auto Safari' park, various animals on display including hippopotamus, emu, elephant, zebra, monkey, rhinoceros, gazelle, exotic birds - sign 'Bodegas Alorda - Algaida' - shot of customers entering warehouse shop - gvs barrels and wooden cart (12.18) gvs at airport, jet taking off - animated sequence THE END - shots of sunset over sea - animated sequence - black with music continuing to end (13.19)