Southern England in 1960's, film 16826

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Channel: HuntleyFilmArchives · 2012 · Travel & Events

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Opening view of landscapes of Wiltshire and Hampshire, England.  Aerial view of ruin which is the earthworks at Battlesury, England showing the outline of a moat.  Aerial view of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England.  Aerial view of Old Sarum, Wiltshire, England.  .
Chalklands with hay bales still in a field in the foreground.  Landscape of hill and small copse.   A hand picks up soil which contains chalk nodules.  Farmhouse and then the outbuildings.  Friesian and Hereford cows in field.  Cow in milking machine.  Men harvest watercress by hand.  Truck with VitaCress written on the front is loaded up with boxes of watercress on a conveyer belt.  View of boxes.  The van has "Hampshire Watercress Ltd, Fobdown, Alresford, Phone 114" written on the door.  A man stands in the back of the truck overseeing the loading of the boxes.
Winchester city street from rooftop.  It is a suburban street with houses on each side and lots of cars on it.  View of Winchester Cathedral.  View of medieval street with the sign for the Tabot Hotel visible.  The road is buy with vehicles and pedestrians.  Several lorries are making  deliveries.  View of same street from street level.  View of medieval gatehouse and arch.  Salisbury Cathedral.  Closer view of spire.  View of entire cathedral.  Medieval street and ancient gateway to city.  Statue in a niche.  Another, wider street with a mini driving away from the camera.  A milk float turns left in to the street with the gateway.  Salisbury cattle market - lots of cows in pens and being put in pens.  Sheep are herded between pens.  There is a large crowd of farmers nearly all of whom are wearing either cloth caps or trilby hats.  View of the auctioneers in cap, overalls and glasses.
New Forest ponies grazing and of foals with their dams.  Sign giving fire warnings in New Forest.  Conifer plantation managed by the Forestry Commission. Another picks runner beans which are transferred from wicker baskets by two other people into large wooden crates.  Swannick, east of Southampton, Hampshire, England.  Field of strawberry plants.  Fruits and vegetables are sold at local auction - buyers in auction room.  Crates being carried on a trolley.  Crates of tomatoes.  View of cabbages and leeks in same crate.  Crate of cabbage. Crate of rhubarb Crates being loaded in to van by man in orange jumper and trilby hat.  Crate of radishes.  Crate of spring greens.  A van leaves the auction.
Aerial view of chalk cliffs and the Needles off the Isle of Wight.  View of lighthouse at tip of The Needles.  Aerial view of the Cove of Longworth.  Aerial view of shingle bank at Chesil Beach.  Aerial view of Hurst Point. Aerial view of the estuary to Beaulieu River, Hampshire, England.  Aerial view of Poole Harbour.
Bournemouth.  View people sunbathing with all their clothes on.  View of pier and promenade.  Elderly people on promenade.  Sub-tropical trees in the public gardens.  Aerial view of Portsmouth.  View of naval ships.  View of luxury liner in Southampton docks.  A tug leaves the side of the liner.  View of deep water quays.  Aerial view of liner.  Ship at dock.  People disembarking.  Cars with suitcases piled high on their roof racks leave the port.  A train leaves the docks.  Fruit is unloaded from the liner.  Apples and bananas are shown.  View of Southampton Fruit Exchange.  View of truck piled high with fruit bought through the Southampton Fruit Exchange.  One is shown New Zealand apples, Chilean Honey Dew melons and sacks of bananas.  View of timber being removed from a ship.  Crated manufactured goods are loaded onto ships for export.  View of ship in dry dock.  Aerial view of Forley, near Southampton and the new petroleum refinery.  View of ocean going oil tanker.  Close up of pipes on the ship.  Pipes at the refinery.  Aerial view of the refinery.  Oil tanks.  Coastal oil tankers awaiting oil to be distributed around Britain.

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