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Cambridge Events

1938 - 1947 , Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)

Cat no. 8579

Home movie of family days out in Cambridge including ice skating, horse riding, rowing and honorary degree processions.

Various shots of the family ice skating on Lingay Fen. A little girl called Heather strokes and feeds a foal in a field at Thorpe. Shot of someone riding a horse followed by three people practising show jumping. A man walks through a garden followed by a shot of people trying to put out a heath fire by hitting it with branches. A car drives past the camera followed by a shot of the men putting out the fire in the distance. A procession goes past the camera for the Honorary Degrees ceremony at Cambridge University. The procession includes Chancellor Stanley Baldwin and Vice Chancellor G.H.A Wilson. The procession comes out of a building followed by graduates wearing robes and carrying their honorary degrees. Close ups of butterflies followed by a bridge over a river. Camera pans across market stalls in Cambridge. Shot of the St George flag followed by the procession walking towards the camera and Cambridge University. Various shots of Cambridge city centre. Shot of someone making a snowman followed by people ice-skating. A car with King George VI inside drives past as crowds of people wave flags on either side of the road. Shots of people rowing on a river at the May Races. Shot of a dog sitting in a garden.

Keywords

Animals; Butterflies; Cambridge; Dogs; Heath Fire; Honorary Degrees; Horses; Ice Skating; King George VI; May Races; Rowing;

Intertitles

Honorary Degrees

Other Places

Lingay Fen; Thorpe

Background Information

Trevor Spittle was a member of Pembroke College, Cambridge, an engineer. Information in notebook received with films: Reel C (a) Lingay Fen ?1937-8 Heather & foal at Thorpe Heath Fire Honorary Degrees Stanley Baldwin V. Ch. G.H.A. Wilson (Clare) 1946 Gen Einsenhower General Montgomery Bragge Butterflies King George VI at Cambridge 1947 May Races

Manifestations

Cambridge Events

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    INV356229
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    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:16:10
    Modification Date
    08/10/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    738490
  • Barcode
    INV320765
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:16:10
    Modification Date
    08/10/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    738279
  • Barcode
    INV330324
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:16:10
    Modification Date
    08/10/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    738068
  • Barcode
    INV314724
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:10:21
    Modification Date
    04/03/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    737333
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV355994
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:10:21
    Modification Date
    11/03/2014
    Parts
    Reference
    736989
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV258488
    Canonical Identifier
    27
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    Kodachrome
    Colour Type
    colour+bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:06
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    09/02/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    701909
    Sound
    silent

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