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Title: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: indiadog1 on Wednesday 14 October 09 09:54 BST (UK)
Hi, Have a look at this 1940s film that I found on 2 reels of cine 8mm black and white. Noone seems to know where it is or who they are. www.youtube.com search for 'unknown mystery boat trip' or 'indiadog1' films. thanks. Please leave a comment.
Title: Re: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: NEILKE on Wednesday 14 October 09 10:24 BST (UK)
hi sorry cant help but what a find well done its a great bit of film.
neil
Title: Re: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: Yorkslass on Wednesday 14 October 09 10:43 BST (UK)
Hi Indiadog1,

Fascinating piece of film.  Looks like the family went to some sort of zoo - looking at the penguins there.
The still at 2.42/43 looks very much like one of the floating sea forts that were used in WW2.

Yorkslass
Title: Re: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: Flakdodger on Wednesday 14 October 09 22:30 BST (UK)
Hi Indiadog1,
welcome to Rootschat.
If you have the technical gubbins to be able to freezeframe and enlarge, do you think you can pick out the car registration from 0:17 or the markings on the boat's flag at 2:35? Might be clues there.
Dave
Title: Re: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: Hibee on Thursday 15 October 09 09:49 BST (UK)
My overall impression was of a visit to relatives on the south coast of England.  Did I see a glimpse of a white cliff towards the end?

Snow scene (if in south of England) might be Feb-Mar 1947.

Hibee
Title: Re: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: Yorkslass on Thursday 15 October 09 17:29 BST (UK)
Hello again,

The "bits" sticking up from the sea between 2.20 and 2.28 don't look like beach breakwaters - more like the remains of a burnt-out pier"

Yorkslass
Title: Re: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: chinakay on Thursday 15 October 09 17:34 BST (UK)
Definitely white cliffs, yes. Isle of Wight maybe, doesn't it have the cliffs too?

If you could get stills of what look like beachfront hotels you might be able to get a match to an old photo of Cowes, Dover or whatever...

Cheers,
China
Title: Re: Old 1940s mystery cine film can you work it out?
Post by: Woodentop50 on Friday 16 October 09 00:05 BST (UK)
I think the penguins were at Regent's park zoo

http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/penguin/index.htm

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