Cambridge Events

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