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Nation on Film takes a fascinating look at history from both sides of the camera. The series uses footage from public and private archives, and from individual amateur film-makers. This programme ...looks at how holidays abroad were made to look attractive and affordable to the public through the medium of film.
Nation on Film takes a fascinating look at history from both sides of the camera. The series uses footage from public and private archives, and from individual amateur film-makers. This programme ...looks at how holidays abroad were made to look attractive and affordable to the public through the medium of film.
| Series: | Nation on film 2 |
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| First transmission date: | 2006 |
| Published: | 2006 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:29:20 |
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| Director: | Louise Hibbins |
| Producer: | Louise Hibbins |
| Narrator: | David Jason |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/nationonfilm/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Films, Documentary; Holidays |
| Footage description: | During the 1950s and 1960s package holiday tours were taking off. Tour operators were keen to use film to promote this new life experience where a greater range of people had the opportunity of enjoying a foreign holiday, often for the first time. Hundreds of would-be tourists turned up at public halls to watch movies commissioned by new tour operators such as Thomas Cook. The promotional films spoke of golden sunshine and sands just a few hours away. Spanish fishing villages, including Torremolinos, were promoted as idyllic locations for a summer break. |
| Master spool number: | BOU011309 |
| Production number: | JOUA437J |
| Videofinder number: | 7393 |
| Available to public: | no |
