45294 "WINGS TO GREAT BRITAIN" 1960s PAN AM AIRLINES TRAVELOGUE ENGLAND SCOTLAND LONDON STRATFORD
Dating to 1966, "Wings to Great Britain" promotes Pan Am's trans-Atlantic service. It was photographed and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Henry Strauss. Strauss' body of work included a series of ground-breaking industrial and human relations training films produced for Pan American Airlines, GE and AT&T. He is the subject of the documentary "Man and the Middle Class". The script was written by Allan Sloane and the film was edited by Bill Buckley. <p><p>Opening animated Pan Am focus leader - volume control - Pan Am Presents "Wings To Great Britain" (:07-1:23). London Tower Bridge. Big Ben. Bobbie policeman. Cricket game. Man cranks a boat. People move. British costume. People row a boat. British soldier. Everyday people in Britain. A crowd gathers. A band marches and plays on. A glider in the sky. Aerial shots of Britain (1:24-3:25). Cliffs and ocean water. People at work in a field. Mountain. Grass. Trees. British tall ships. Cannons are fired. Sail boats at sea. Royal Yacht Squadron. People watch yachts that go by (3:26-5:20). A kite in the sky. Fishermen at work on a boat, the Bonny Mary in Penzance, Cornwall. Mountains. Men fish from a small boat. Ships in the harbor. Fish and chips. Men exit a boat. Moving van drives on a tight road. Montage of signs for various British pubs (5:21-7:27). Chimney smokes. Trees. Clouds in the sky. Valley in Yorkshire. A small village. English dancers dance as a man plays a fiddle. People watch. Boats at a dock (7:28-8:55). Down a river, houses off to the side. Stratford town. A garden. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford. The town of Stratford. Cars drive, people walk (8:56-11:11). Children walk. A man walks near sheep. A forest. A mountain. Tall ships including the famed Cutty Sark at Greenwich, in south-east London. Cemetery. Reef. Jamaica Inn sign, Devenish Free House. Water flows in a stream. Steam powered amusement park rides as a barker exclaims "roll up, roll up!" (11:12-12:47). Amusement park rides at night lit up. A person fixes his bicycle. A bicycle race on English roads. A crowd watches a parade at Langham, on the border with Scotland. Common Riding flag. (Common Riding is an equestrian tradition mainly in the Scottish Borders where riders commemorate raids on the Anglo-Scottish border known as the Border Reivers.) (12:48-14:12). Horses with riders head through the heather. Remnants of Hadrians's Wall, the famed defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia. Highland games and feats of strength. Wrestle one another. Women eat and watch. Men throw heavy logs as part of the caber toss. A perfect toss for one man. Men in kilts. Bagpipes are played and men and women dance (14:13-16:43). A parade as men play bagpipes. They walk down a road. Castles in ruins. Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. Children play (16:44-18:34). London. Buildings and pubs. A person walks by. Trafalgar Square. Lord Nelson's Column. Kensington Gardens. A couple eats at a cafe. London apartments. Aerial shot of London (18:35-20:17). Buckingham Palace and the trooping of the Royal Guard. Horses. London Bridge. Horse drawn carriage. British soldiers (20:18-21:30). A parade of British soldiers. Outdoor art show. A man draws on a sidewalk. Houseboat. Chelsea Gardens. People look and walk. A woman walks and holds a dog (21:31-23:15). Shoppes in London. The Paddington Main Line Station. Harman and Lambert antique shop on Bond Street. Tall buildings. Streets of London. Statues. Church steeples. Parade (23:16-24:30). "Irish Independent" newspaper office as viewed from a black cab. Flea market in London. People look at wares. an old phonograph. Dogs. A dog show at Hyde Park. Sheep dog on the Yorkshire Moors rounds up sheep. A man rides a horse. Flowers on trees (24:31-26:04). A field. Horses go by. A man drinks tea with a woman on the side of the road. Carriage without a horse on the side of a road. Rolls Royce Silver Cloud hood ornament (26:58) and a glass of wine being picked up. A child eats ice cream at Blackpool. A child plays in the sand on a beach. Blackpool beach. Scarborough. London. Lights at night in London, signs lit up (26:05-28:12). Driving down a country road (28:13-28:26). End credits (28:27-28:46).<p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com