British Columbia Common Holly Harvest: various shots of common holly harvest, of men clipping holly from trees, putting holly in boxes, loading boxes on tractor. Shots of tractor pulling loaded trailer through grove. Shot of man backing tractor to shed, dipping holly in hormone solution. Interior shots of women packaging holly, packing it in crates.
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Hollis Wesley Queen, a police character who was captured in Dallas.
Major General Harris W Hollis presents awards to troops at the award ceremony in Vietnam.
United States 9th Infantry Division redeployment in Vietnam. Major General Harris W Hollis, Battalion Commander Fredrick A Schaefer III and Battalion Commander James William Gunn salutes from platform. Color guards march. Band plays national anthem. General salutes from stand. Hollis presents awards to troops. Troops stand in line. Soldier brings the flag of 9th Infantry Division forward. Insignia of Octofoil on the flag. Hollis attaches ribbon of United States on the pole of flag and moves forward. (Vietnam War period). Location: Vietnam. Date: July 14, 1969.
"What a poor old festive season it would be without a touch of holly!" Deep in the New Forest we found the holly harvesters."
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<br/>Various shots of girls harvesting holly in the New Forest in Hampshire. They pull down holly trees by hauling on ropes and cut down single branches. They tie the holly into bunches. Finished holly bunches are loaded on to horse and cart with pitchforks. Horse and cart move off through forest with girls walking alongside. Cute end shot of two young children carrying holly bunches walking towards camera. This is presumably shot around Christmas time.
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<br/>No C/Us of the girls but nice pictorial quality to the shots.
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<br/>Safety print exists.
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<br/>Note: flash-frame intertitles. No stock mark so date unknown. Was an Eve's Film Review item.
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<br/>This item was probably the item "Holly Harvest" listed in issue sheets for can EP002.
Hertfordshire.
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<br/>"There aren't any film studios in this picture - these girls from Welwyn are just hunting for holly for the festive season." Girls run towards the camera followed by a horse drawn cart. The girls all wear overalls - they are possibly farm workers or kennel maids or something similar. M/S of them moving away from the camera down a country lane.
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<br/>"Next to catching porcupines, holly collecting is one of nature's most prickly pastimes - " M/S of the girls picking holly from the hedgerows. One girl is high up in a tree. Low angle shot of the girl in the tree. Various shots of the girls as they throw holly into the cart. The girls help their friend down from the tree. M/S of the girls running towards the camera carrying bunches of holly. "There's a good time coming..." (As the song says)." The girls arrive at a grand house and walk inside carrying the holly.
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<br/>Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 496.
Smithsonian museum of History and Technology, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington DC.
Helen Hollis, curator of the keyboard section of The Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology, seen during one of her daily lectures. She is seated at an 18th Century English harpsichord in the museum. Hollis plays the harpsichord, accompanied by Robert Sheldon on an 18th Century flute. They play a sonata by G.F. Handel. Scene shifts to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Interior view of Kenney Center Opera House, and of the bust sculpture of former U.S. President Kennedy. The Hall of nations with numerous flags displayed. Entrance to the Eisenhower Theater. Bust of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Interior of the Eisenhower Theater. The Kennedy Center viewed from across the Potomac River. A man jogging or running over the Memorial Bridge toward Washington, DC, with Arlington House (Robert E. Lee's home) in Arlington Cemetery in the background. (Note: Helen Hollis was author of a book called "The Piano." Prior to joining the Smithsonian staff, she had her own morning radio show in Cleveland called, "The Helen Hollis Show." She was a child prodigy and later attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music.) Location: Washington DC USA. Date: 1972.