The Sixties (A Medley)

1959 - 1969 , Barham (Suffolk)

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Home movie of a family's home life and holidays including the beach, the forest and visiting Sundrum Castle, Ayrshire.

A montage of various family outings and activities throughout the 1960s from the family of the 6th Baron de Saumarez of Shrubland Hall. The film opens with multiple shots of plants, flowers and statues in a garden. Sheep graze in a field. Close up of lambs followed by a shot of a cow. A woman sits in a chair in a garden. Two Alsatians run around the garden. The person behind the camera throws a stick and the dogs chase it. A woman tells the dogs to get back in their pen. Camera pans over a forest. Shot of a bulldozer knocking down trees. Men gather round a fallen tree and a tractor drags a tree trunk through the forest. Camera pans over a construction site in the process of building a house. Shot of a digger, a cement mixer and bricklayers. Various shots of men working on the construction of the house. Shot of two people playing tennis in their garden. The two Alsatians run over to them. The family sit in deckchairs on the patio. Shot of a house and large gardens. A car drives up the lane followed by a view of a lake. Shot of a swimming pool. View from an aeroplane. Shot of a combine in a wheat field. Shot of kittens in a garden. Shots of a beach followed by an ostrich. Shots of the sea. A car parked next to a sign reading ‘Turnberry Hotel’ followed by a shot of the hotel. A sign reading ‘Sundrum Castle Hotel. 12th Century.’ Below that is a sign reading ‘Riding School.’ Shot of Sundrum Castle. Shot of a woman sitting in the castle gardens. Shot of a river followed by a shot of Sundrum Castle. Shot of a woman standing by a river. Shot of a boat. Sign for Arran Car Ferry. Shot of a woman on the deck of the boat looking at the view. Sign for Brodick. Shot of the crew on the sailing boats.

Featured Buildings

Sundrum Castle Hotel, Ayrshire Turnberry, Ayrshire

Keywords

Aeroplane; Animals; Boat; Dogs; Castle; Construction; Countryside; Fields; Forest; Garden; Holiday; Plants; Scotland

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Sundrum Castle, Ayrshire Turnberry, Ayrshire

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The Sixties (A Medley)

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