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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Humorous film made for delegates to the Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference. High waves crash against a seaside seafront. A man in an overcoat and hat runs out to a shelter on the front. A man walks along the sea front under an umbrella. Flooded road (Alvis Ave.), water several feet deep in garden. Man and woman in rain coats and holding umbrella stand on pier. Flood water in front garden - sign reads 'Chalet to Let'. LV seafront with pier. People line up outside cinema ticket booth. LV Seafront at Llandudno in Wales. Various shots of men playing golf. (The voiceover describes it as "Work... work ... work") Men stand under golf umbrella marking scores. SV. Film Stars Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl at Meyrick Park bowling green. (From CEA Conference 1951 Bournemouth). Various traffic scenes from the turn of the Century. Female musicians in orchestra pit of Electric Palace cinema (clips from TTR - Edwardian Summer). Old fashioned Opel car driven along road, passed by man on a penny farthing bicycle. Man rides bicycle of the end of a pier. CU hand turning over pages in a picture book. View of Porthcawl, Wales. Seafront. Man tries to get statue of reclining female to drink from wine glass. Group of CEA (Cinema Exhibitors Association) delegates chatting. CU two men's feet walking along pavement. CU sign reading 'Kenilworth Hotel'. More feet on pavement. CU ext. Earls Court. Ext. Buckingham Palace, London. Views of various hotels in Bournemouth. Delegates at conference. Men playing golf. Young woman rides motorcycle around 'Wall of Death'. Strange rotating funfair ride. Centrifugal spinning ride - man pinned to wall by centrifugal force. Speeded up film of people riding Merry-go-round. Speeded up film of driving style ride. Speeded up film of roller coaster. Speeded up film of watersplash ride. POV speeded up shots of driving through London traffic. GV of Llandudno, Wales seafront. Voiceover describes the next sequence as being wives of delegates to the CEA (Cinema Exhibitors Association) Conference - in fact we see - Glamorous women combing hair and getting dressed in backstage dressing room. Two women doing keep fit exercises. Four women in leotards exercising with balls. Woman having legs stretched by physiotherapist. (Great CU of her face). Women in leotards exercising on floor with balls. CU and MS of woman having some kind of beauty treatment applied - possibly petroleum jelly - smeared over skin. Two women in leotards and fishnet tights exercise. Woman fastens strap on dress (Voiceover makes a joke about support). Woman exercises by rolling ball around waist. Mr Fuller (CEA General Secretary) and Mr Bill Speakman (President of CEA) at table looking over papers. Mr Speakman puts on a traditional Welsh cap and bonnet. End title reads - "Good Wishes from Pathe to Our C.E.A. Friends."
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Pathé – A look at how cattle which roam on the New Forest prairies are rounded up and checked once a year. New Forest, Hampshire. L/S of a red van driving up a leafy road, it passes some cows stood at the side. Various shots of cattle grazing at the side of the road as cars drive past. L/S of several people on horseback rounding the cattle up in a prairie. Various shots as they round the cattle up and herd them up the prairie. L/S as the cattle walk through a stream followed by seven herders. Various shots as the herders on horseback follow the cattle. Various shots of the cattle herded together, M/S as they go into a field. C/U of one of the men on a horse. M/S of the cows crowded together, M/S as they are herded under a tree. M/S as a man approaches one with a pair of clippers, M/S as he clips a bit of hair away from the cow's back. C/U as he brushes it away to reveal the letter 'R' branded on its back. M/S as another man clips a cow, C/U of a young man looking on. M/S of a man putting a rope round a heifer's neck. M/S of a man on horseback. M/S as a heifer is pulled along by the rope
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference in Bournemouth. Full title reads: "Bournemouth. CEA Conference". Bournemouth, Dorset. Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference. Pan across crowded beach and seaside. End of shot of Bournemouth pier. Shot of CEA Delegates waving from pier. CU Ice cream man serving from van. Ken Allen and Harry Attlee are named among the ice cream eating delegates. Delegates walk along sea front eating ices. MS of Bill Carr (Northern Branch Chairman) with men and women of his Branch standing outside hotel. GV of seafront. MV of young women in swimsuits walking into water. MV of three chaps looking through telescope. MV of women coming out of water. Shots of women sitting on beach. GV of golf course. MV of golfers including Walter Eckhard and MacGregor-Scott playing golf. MV of them missing putts. Mr and Miss Bill Fielder and Mr and Mrs Bert Elton enjoy ice cream sundaes at La Gala cafe in the Conference venue. Mr and Mrs Bill Carr being served by waitress. CU Bill Carr feeds his wife ice cream on a spoon. Pan along row of hotels to end at Royal Bath Hotel. Various shots of delegates enjoying drinks reception. Lots of delegates are named as they enjoy their drinks. Special issue for CEA. Cataloguer's Note: All names taken from voiceover so spellings are guesses - MD
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Danny Kaye and other film stars in Bournemouth where CEA conference is taking place. Item title reads - Pathe News Special. CEA Members get together. Bournemouth, Dorset. M/S Bournemouth. L/S Westover Cinema with poster advertising film 'Happy Go Lovely'. M/S Westover Cinema. L/S conference headquarters at the Royal Bath Hotel. M/S flag on Hotel. M/S Town Hall. L/S exterior Town Hall. Various shots of delegates arriving for the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association conference. Exterior L/S Town Hall. M/S conference in session. C/U Mr Bill Speakman. M/S of the group. C/U Mr Fuller. C/U Mr Hinge. L/S conference. M/S Chairman Harry Mears speaking. C/U Mr Lewis looking on. C/U Mears speaking. L/S Parkstone golf course. M/S as Mrs Mears presents golf clubs to American film star Danny Kaye. M/S people looking on. M/S as Kaye jokes about the rubber golf clubs and clowns around. M/S married American film stars Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl at Meyrick Park Bowling Green. C/U Lex. M/S Arlene bowling. M/S Lex bowling, people stand behind and watch. Lex cheers and Arlene points and laughs. Various shots proper bowls match in progress. L/S notice over golf course. Various shots conference delegate driving off on course whilst people watch. C/U film star Ben Lyon with Danny Kaye. M/S as they joke around and conduct an interview
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Children in yachts, people on bank watching, yacht capsizes and boy trying to right it.Documentation on file. Various LSs. and MSs. Moth class yachts under way. MS. Children on bank watching. LS. Pan round the harbour at Lymington showing yachts. Various shots of children in yachts and of the yachts, under way. MS. Children on bank applauding. CU. Children on bank applauding. CU. Girl in bikini waving. MS. LS. People on bank watching. Two LSs. (gag shot) as boy falls out of boat and swims after it. Various shots, children in yachts, girls and boys. LS. CU.s people on bank watching. LS. Yachts under way. Various shots (gag shot) as yacht capsizes and boy trying to right it
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Pathé – The Mayor of Bournemouth cuts ribbon to inaugurate the extension of the town boundaries. Full title reads: "Hampshire. Bigger Bournemouth! Mayor and Corporation inaugurate extension of boundaries - nearly doubling size - of famous seaside resort." Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Mayor of Bournemouth and other local civic dignitaries walk along road in procession. They stop at a tape across the road which the Mayor, after making a speech (mute), cuts. They then proceed to walk into the newly extended part of Bournemouth. The Mayor, Percy May Bright, lays a ceremonial stone marking the extension of the boundary. The Mayor is welcomed to the new area.
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🎬British Pathé – Humorous film made for delegates to the Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference. High waves crash against a seaside seafront. A man in an overcoat and hat runs out to a shelter on the front. A man walks along the sea front under an umbrella. Flooded road (Alvis Ave.), water several feet deep in garden. Man and woman in rain coats and holding umbrella stand on pier. Flood water in front garden - sign reads 'Chalet to Let'. LV seafront with pier. People line up outside cinema ticket booth. LV Seafront at Llandudno in Wales. Various shots of men playing golf. (The voiceover describes it as "Work... work ... work") Men stand under golf umbrella marking scores. SV. Film Stars Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl at Meyrick Park bowling green. (From CEA Conference 1951 Bournemouth). Various traffic scenes from the turn of the Century. Female musicians in orchestra pit of Electric Palace cinema (clips from TTR - Edwardian Summer). Old fashioned Opel car driven along road, passed by man on a penny farthing bicycle. Man rides bicycle of the end of a pier. CU hand turning over pages in a picture book. View of Porthcawl, Wales. Seafront. Man tries to get statue of reclining female to drink from wine glass. Group of CEA (Cinema Exhibitors Association) delegates chatting. CU two men's feet walking along pavement. CU sign reading 'Kenilworth Hotel'. More feet on pavement. CU ext. Earls Court. Ext. Buckingham Palace, London. Views of various hotels in Bournemouth. Delegates at conference. Men playing golf. Young woman rides motorcycle around 'Wall of Death'. Strange rotating funfair ride. Centrifugal spinning ride - man pinned to wall by centrifugal force. Speeded up film of people riding Merry-go-round. Speeded up film of driving style ride. Speeded up film of roller coaster. Speeded up film of watersplash ride. POV speeded up shots of driving through London traffic. GV of Llandudno, Wales seafront. Voiceover describes the next sequence as being wives of delegates to the CEA (Cinema Exhibitors Association) Conference - in fact we see - Glamorous women combing hair and getting dressed in backstage dressing room. Two women doing keep fit exercises. Four women in leotards exercising with balls. Woman having legs stretched by physiotherapist. (Great CU of her face). Women in leotards exercising on floor with balls. CU and MS of woman having some kind of beauty treatment applied - possibly petroleum jelly - smeared over skin. Two women in leotards and fishnet tights exercise. Woman fastens strap on dress (Voiceover makes a joke about support). Woman exercises by rolling ball around waist. Mr Fuller (CEA General Secretary) and Mr Bill Speakman (President of CEA) at table looking over papers. Mr Speakman puts on a traditional Welsh cap and bonnet. End title reads - "Good Wishes from Pathe to Our C.E.A. Friends."
🎬British Pathé – A look at how cattle which roam on the New Forest prairies are rounded up and checked once a year. New Forest, Hampshire. L/S of a red van driving up a leafy road, it passes some cows stood at the side. Various shots of cattle grazing at the side of the road as cars drive past. L/S of several people on horseback rounding the cattle up in a prairie. Various shots as they round the cattle up and herd them up the prairie. L/S as the cattle walk through a stream followed by seven herders. Various shots as the herders on horseback follow the cattle. Various shots of the cattle herded together, M/S as they go into a field. C/U of one of the men on a horse. M/S of the cows crowded together, M/S as they are herded under a tree. M/S as a man approaches one with a pair of clippers, M/S as he clips a bit of hair away from the cow's back. C/U as he brushes it away to reveal the letter 'R' branded on its back. M/S as another man clips a cow, C/U of a young man looking on. M/S of a man putting a rope round a heifer's neck. M/S of a man on horseback. M/S as a heifer is pulled along by the rope
🎬British Pathé – Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference in Bournemouth. Full title reads: "Bournemouth. CEA Conference". Bournemouth, Dorset. Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference. Pan across crowded beach and seaside. End of shot of Bournemouth pier. Shot of CEA Delegates waving from pier. CU Ice cream man serving from van. Ken Allen and Harry Attlee are named among the ice cream eating delegates. Delegates walk along sea front eating ices. MS of Bill Carr (Northern Branch Chairman) with men and women of his Branch standing outside hotel. GV of seafront. MV of young women in swimsuits walking into water. MV of three chaps looking through telescope. MV of women coming out of water. Shots of women sitting on beach. GV of golf course. MV of golfers including Walter Eckhard and MacGregor-Scott playing golf. MV of them missing putts. Mr and Miss Bill Fielder and Mr and Mrs Bert Elton enjoy ice cream sundaes at La Gala cafe in the Conference venue. Mr and Mrs Bill Carr being served by waitress. CU Bill Carr feeds his wife ice cream on a spoon. Pan along row of hotels to end at Royal Bath Hotel. Various shots of delegates enjoying drinks reception. Lots of delegates are named as they enjoy their drinks. Special issue for CEA. Cataloguer's Note: All names taken from voiceover so spellings are guesses - MD
🎬British Pathé – Danny Kaye and other film stars in Bournemouth where CEA conference is taking place. Item title reads - Pathe News Special. CEA Members get together. Bournemouth, Dorset. M/S Bournemouth. L/S Westover Cinema with poster advertising film 'Happy Go Lovely'. M/S Westover Cinema. L/S conference headquarters at the Royal Bath Hotel. M/S flag on Hotel. M/S Town Hall. L/S exterior Town Hall. Various shots of delegates arriving for the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association conference. Exterior L/S Town Hall. M/S conference in session. C/U Mr Bill Speakman. M/S of the group. C/U Mr Fuller. C/U Mr Hinge. L/S conference. M/S Chairman Harry Mears speaking. C/U Mr Lewis looking on. C/U Mears speaking. L/S Parkstone golf course. M/S as Mrs Mears presents golf clubs to American film star Danny Kaye. M/S people looking on. M/S as Kaye jokes about the rubber golf clubs and clowns around. M/S married American film stars Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl at Meyrick Park Bowling Green. C/U Lex. M/S Arlene bowling. M/S Lex bowling, people stand behind and watch. Lex cheers and Arlene points and laughs. Various shots proper bowls match in progress. L/S notice over golf course. Various shots conference delegate driving off on course whilst people watch. C/U film star Ben Lyon with Danny Kaye. M/S as they joke around and conduct an interview
🎬British Pathé – Children in yachts, people on bank watching, yacht capsizes and boy trying to right it.Documentation on file. Various LSs. and MSs. Moth class yachts under way. MS. Children on bank watching. LS. Pan round the harbour at Lymington showing yachts. Various shots of children in yachts and of the yachts, under way. MS. Children on bank applauding. CU. Children on bank applauding. CU. Girl in bikini waving. MS. LS. People on bank watching. Two LSs. (gag shot) as boy falls out of boat and swims after it. Various shots, children in yachts, girls and boys. LS. CU.s people on bank watching. LS. Yachts under way. Various shots (gag shot) as yacht capsizes and boy trying to right it
🎬British Pathé – The Mayor of Bournemouth cuts ribbon to inaugurate the extension of the town boundaries. Full title reads: "Hampshire. Bigger Bournemouth! Mayor and Corporation inaugurate extension of boundaries - nearly doubling size - of famous seaside resort." Bournemouth, Hampshire. The Mayor of Bournemouth and other local civic dignitaries walk along road in procession. They stop at a tape across the road which the Mayor, after making a speech (mute), cuts. They then proceed to walk into the newly extended part of Bournemouth. The Mayor, Percy May Bright, lays a ceremonial stone marking the extension of the boundary. The Mayor is welcomed to the new area.