School Journeys 1958

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Summary

School trips made by the pupils of Pear Tree School in Derby to various locations around the UK and continental Europe.

Year:

1958

Duration:

0:14:00

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Master format:

16mm

Description

"PORTSMOUTH VISIT"

"OXFORD AREA"
View of Oxford from Newbury Rd.

"HARWELL AREA"

"PARTY OVERLOOKING PORTSMOUTH"
Boys looking down a hillside.

"RESERVE FLEET AND DOCKYARD"

"ISLE OF WIGHT-COMMANDO LANDING EXERCISES"
Cliff climbing and landing exercises performed by commandos.

"WHATSTANDWELL SCHOOL CAMP"

"ADVANCE PARTY IN ACTION!"
Boys loading up supplies at the school.
Tents being put up and shots of boys angling.

"A WALK TO CRICH"
Shots of the view down the valley.

"CANOEING ON THE RIVER AND CANAL"

"CAMP ACTIVITIES"
Washing up and playing a cricket match.

"EARLY MORNING SCENES"
Shots of boys washing their faces, washing and drying crockery.

"PREPARING FOR A WALK TO CROMFORD"
Boys reading maps.
Boys marching along the bank of a river.
Brief shot of Willesley Castle, Cromford.

"OUR MATLOCK VISIT"
Brief shot of 2 boys in a small boat on a boating lake and a very brief shot of Riber Castle.

"INVADERS IN CAMP!"
Girls standing around with the boys by the river bank.

"VISITING DAY"
Various shots of parents and friends around the campsite.

"KEEN STUDY FOR THE MAP-READING EXERCISE"
Boys studying maps.

"STRIKING CAMP-GOODBYE LEASHAW FARM!"
Shots of tents being taken down/boys moving their luggage.
Shot of the boys and their teachers/camp leaders together.

"CONTINENTAL TOUR TO FRANCE BENELUX GERMANY"

"THE DEPARTURE FROM DERBY"
Boys standing outside Derby train station with their families and friends.
Train arrives and boys wave goodbye from the train.

"ARRIVAL IN BELGIUM. VIA AUTO BAHN TO THE CAPITAL BRUSSELS-SITE OF THE WORLD FAIR"
Shot of party outside the Hotel Maritime, Ostend and shots along the autobahn route to Brussels.
Brief shots of the Palaces of Justice and the Town Hall.
Brief exterior and interior shots of the international exhibition.

"HAN-SUR-LESSE
SITE OF THE LARGEST CAVES IN EUROPE"

"OUR TRAVELS THROUGH THE ARDENNES TO BOUILLON AND FLORENVILLE"

"PLACES VISITED IN LUXEMBOURG AND GERMANY"

"THE MOSELLE-FROM TRIER TO KOBLENZ"

"RETURN TO BELGIUM FROM CONSDORF VIA THE SURE VALLEY AND ESCH"

"BASTOGNE-CENTRE OF 1944 'BATTLE OF THE BULGE'-SITE OF MAIN AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL"

"ON THE BELGIAN AUTO-BAHN TO BANDE-SITE OF A MASSACRE OF 34 YOUTHS BY GERMAN S.S."

"ANCIENT FORTRESS AND CITY OF NAMUR ON THE RIVER MEUSE"

"THE AREA OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO 1815"

"THROUGH GHENT AND BRUGES-MEDIEVAL PORTS AND MARKET CENTRES"

"BLANKENBERGE-FROLICS ON THE BEACH AND VIEWS OF THE RESORT"

"A WALK ALONG THE SAND-DUNES TO ZEEBRUGGE AND RETURN BY TRAM"

"THE HOTEL AND FURTHER BEACH GAMES"

"OUR JOURNEY INTO HOLLAND VISITING FLUSHING-GOES AND MIDDELBURG"

"OUR RETURN VIA SLUIS"

"DAY OF DEPARTURE"

"OSTEND-CUSTOMS CHECK-ON BOARD THE 'KONIG ALBERT'"

"DOVER AND ENGLAND"

"THE END"


Credits

Pear Tree School Presents
School Journeys 1958

Photographed and Produced by C.A. Hodgkinson

Edited and Titled by C.A. and R.A. Hodgkinson and K. Walters