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[Summer Holiday in Newquay]
| Date | 1958 | ID | 2783 |
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Footage of a family holiday in Newquay, that includes scenes of the film-maker's wife, Kay, and their two daughters playing on several sandy beaches and in rock pools; visiting a family, playing with their children and taking an outing. We also see the film-maker playing with his youngest daughter on a beach building sandcastles and posing for portraits on a rocky cliff top. Domestic scenes also show the family together as they leave a house.
[Holiday in Italy]
| Date | 1958 | ID | 5664 |
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This film contains scenes from a holiday that the Dickins family took to Italy in 1958. They stayed on Lake Como in Cadinabbia, but also visited Bellagio, Milan and Venice.
[Italy; Easter in Brighton; Scotland; Mudeford]
| Date | 1958 - 1959 | ID | 5683 |
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This film contains footage from four holidays taken by the Dickins family between 1958 and 1959. The family visit Cadenabbia in Italy, and go camping in Brighton, Scotland and Dorset.
![A still from [Norway] (1958)](/wp-content/uploads/films/6002/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Norway] (1958)")
[Norway]
| Date | 1958 | ID | 6002 |
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An amateur home movie from 1958 featuring members of the Murray family on holiday to Norway. The film features the journey to Norway on a ship and scenes of a coastal town in Norway, filmed from the boat.
[Family Holiday to Somerset]
| Date | [ca. 1959] | ID | 6380 |
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A family holiday film to Somerset, that includes visits to many landmarks and places of interest that includes the City of Wells, The Tropicana Lido in Weston-Super-Mare (also on 6388), the Clifton Suspension bridge in Clifton, Bristol Zoo and Gardens, boating by the pier at Clevedon and exploring the old market town of Dunster.
![[Exhibition in Brussels; Ploegsteert War Memorial; Trip to Holland; Folkestone Scenes; Wedding] (1958)](/wp-content/uploads/films/7397/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Exhibition in Brussels; Ploegsteert War Memorial; Trip to Holland; Folkestone Scenes; Wedding] (1958)")
[Exhibition in Brussels; Ploegsteert War Memorial; Trip to Holland; Folkestone Scenes; Wedding]
| Date | 1958 | ID | 7397 |
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An amateur silent film featuring various outings including scenes from a visit to 'Expo 58' and Ploegsteert War Memorial.
[Vacation Leave: Mylor]
| Date | 1958; 8 May 1958 | ID | 7731 |
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This film shows a family holiday to Corrnwall, visiting several coastal towns and villages, including Mylor Bridge, Helston for the Helston Furry festival and Falmouth Harbour with Pendennis Castle.
![A still from [Beaulieu-Sur-Mer and Surroundings] (1958)](/wp-content/uploads/films/9722/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Beaulieu-Sur-Mer and Surroundings] (1958)")
[Beaulieu-Sur-Mer and Surroundings]
| Date | 1958 | ID | 9722 |
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This edited colour travelogue made with commentary and music, documents a family trip to Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Laghet and Eze in France and Monte Carlo in Monaco. The film features Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco at the christening of their second child.
New Forest, Whitsun 1959
| Date | 1959 | ID | 1699 |
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The Gowlland family on holiday with friends in the New Forest, staying at the Forest Park Hotel. The group take car rides and go for walks. The family film some of the New Forest ponies with foals. Mrs Gowlland goes horse riding and does some watercolour painting and visit the hamlet of Bucker's Hard.
Afloat on the Thames
| Date | [ca. 1959] | ID | 2397 |
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Two couples enjoy a motor boating holiday along the River Thames, passing through several locks, stopping at riverside pubs and towns, fishing off the side of the boat, cooking and cleaning, and observing the serene river lifestyle. The film's main cameraman was a member of Haywards Heath & District Amateur Cine Society.
[FreeTown]
| Date | 1959 | ID | 7128 |
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This colour film follows a family on holiday in Sierra Leone, stopping off in Gran Canaria to await a transfer flight en route. The film shows views of the local landscape filmed from their car, the group relaxing at their holiday accommodation and visiting several beaches as they travel.
[Family Scenes; Bridge Farm; Seaside Towns]
| Date | [ca. 1961] | ID | 7130 |
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This colour film shows the family at Bridge Farm in Somerset and on holiday in Essex visiting the coastline at Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. Later in the film the family visit Angmering-on-Sea in West Sussex, returning home early due to the wet weather.
[Wells Cathedral; SS Great Britain, Bristol]
| Date | [ca. 1960s] | ID | 2810 |
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Footage of the City of Wells, and the exterior of Wells Cathedral is followed by a close-up of its clock and other shots of the building. The film-maker and his family are then seen out for a walk with their dogs. There follows footage of a trip to Bristol, beginning with a visit to S.S. Great Britain, with shots on board the then derelict vessel. A sign outside requests donations to help fund the restoration project.
[Holiday Scenes]
| Date | 1960 | ID | 301 |
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This film includes scenes from a holiday in the Austrian mountains including scenes of cable cars, a Morris Minor, boys paddling in a river, women sitting by a fountain in a village, having a picnic and drinking at a cafe.
[Camping Trips and Garden Scenes]
| Date | 1960 - 1961 [?] | ID | 5686 |
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This short film shows brief scenes from two camping trips, separated by shots of the Dickins family home.
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