Linnell: Flooding, Holidays and Royal Visit to Nottingham

Summary

A compilation of home movies shot by Len Linnell from Nottingham including flooding in West Bridford and a visit to the city by Princess Elizabeth in 1949.

Year:

1949

Duration:

0:17:44

Film type:

B&W/Colour / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Master format:

8mm

Description

The reel starts with views of golf at Wollaton Park in Nottingham. The images are fairly dark but we can make out Wollaton Hall in the background, the orangery and there is a shot of the club house. The next section shows snow in a garden. We then see traffic driving through food water on Violet Road in West Bridgford. A wedding follows, with the arrival of the bride and the bride and groom leaving a church. Next in b/w we have brief European visit followed by further views of heavy traffic in flood water on Violet Road filmed from an upstairs window.

A Scottish holiday is next with views of the Tullichewan Hotel at Balloch and Loch Lomond. Views of Brunel's bridge at Bristol follows. We then see the River Avon and a shot of the Tramway Bridge at Stratford. In the next section we are in Switzerland with views of Bern. We then see spectators on Carrington Street in Nottingham and the royal motorcade carrying Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II - the visit took place on 28 June 1949) passes the camera. Very underexposed (unusable) shots of the visit follow. Next we are in Newark, Nottinghamshire and see the market place and buildings including the Saracen's Head Hotel. The reel ends with views the River Trent and Nottingham Embankment.


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