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Visiting Cards

1943

Cat no. 9508

H.A.V. Bulleid takes a novel approach to the home movie.

Amateur filmmaker, cinema historian and railway engineer H.A.V. Bulleid takes a novel approach to making a home movie, depicting himself and his wife, Ann McCann, as the 'jokers in the pack' of the McCann and Bulleid families, whom they visit in locations across England. Ann boards a train heading north and promptly falls asleep, as the film traces time spent with family at Didsbury on the outskirts of Manchester, where the family frolics in the backyard whilst Bulleid's screen alter ego, Elmer Quane, edits a film and Ann walks the dogs. Shifting the action south, Ann wanders the streets of wartime London, shopping, taking tea, visiting the (mostly empty) National Gallery and seeing a West End play. Further south, at the Bulleid home of Boxhurst, near Dorking in Surrey, the family climb to the peak of Box Hill, collect produce on the Estate and relax in the garden, playing with pets. Before long, however, they must return north to Didsbury, and to the incessant rain.

Other Places

Didsbury, Greater Manchester; Dorking, Surrey; Westminster, Greater London

  • Maker : H. A. V. Bulleid

Manifestations

Visiting Cards

  • Barcode
    INV392220
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:24:08
    Modification Date
    16/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734033
  • Barcode
    INV354654
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:24:08
    Modification Date
    16/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734031
  • Barcode
    INV349235
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:24:08
    Modification Date
    16/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734030
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV399305
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:15:27
    Modification Date
    10/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    721974
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV364228
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:09:53
    Modification Date
    08/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    721602
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV190392
    Canonical Identifier
    2009/59
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    standard8 film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:12:57
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    18/11/2009
    Parts
    Reference
    680934
    Sound
    silent

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