Bank Holiday Fun - 1959 | The Archivist Presents | #261

It was Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK yesterday. Like most, I didn't stray very far from home because of the pandemic, but here's a lovely film about those who could do whatever they pleased in 1959!

London Airport - Our cameramen at London Airport captured the urgency of the Bank Holiday rush. Everybody was trying to catch up on time! Coaching - And here is something more leisurely: this "coach and four" is running a passenger service from Oxford to Blenheim Palace. Navy Day - It was Navy Day at Portsmouth, and thousands accepted the invitation to come aboard, and have a look round. HMS Vanguard, Britain's largest battleship, and the last, was a popular host. Another Navy Day was held at Chatham, and we went aboard to see what entertainment the Navy had laid on. They'd organised a "crossing the line" ceremony, the ordeal which you might have to face if you've never crossed the equator. King Neptune and his Court certainly give you a rough going over!

FS Destroyer (key & title). Fast motion GV airport foyer scene. Same - crowds up escalator. Another angle same. MS people leave coach. Loading baggage onto truck. Same. Pan fast motion crowds walk to plane. MS boarding plane same. MS fast motion loading luggage onto plane. Same fast motion - mechanic boards and leaves plane. MS plane taxies. Pan plane leaves ground (3). Slip pan. Pan old fashioned horse drawn coach with passengers. FS tracking same. BS same. CU driver blowing horn. LS coach along road. TS wheel turning. BS horses trotting. BS coach. Slip pan Portsmouth LS 'Victory'. Closer same. LS Battle cruiser 'HMS Vanguard'. MS passengers board same. CU same. Sailor helps small child aboard. Pan down 'Vanguard'. Closer same. MS gun turrets. BS sailor & girl - pan to crowds. MS crowds at Chatham. MS ship. GV same. TS sailor operating Bofor (pan). LS crowds. LS Crossing the Line ceremony. Crowds. Closer ceremony - man ducked in water.

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