by Black, Alexander; Wills, Helen
VHS / 1937
TitleAnd so to Edinburgh
Item typeVHS
Alternate titleHome movies. Alexander Black. And so to Edinburgh
Author(s)
  • Black, Alexander
  • Wills, Helen
ImprintUnited States [s.n.], 1937
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
NotesPacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.
Physical description1 videocassette of 1 (12 min. @ 18 fps) (Digital Betacam NTSC) : si., col. ; 1/2 in.

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1937
Author: 
Black, AlexanderWills, Helen
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[s.n.]
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Millenium MARC Record: 
LEADER 00000ngmaa2200397Ka 4500 001 704687012 003 OCoLC 005 20110302014145.0 007 vf cz||ou 008 110302p19351937xxu012 vlengod 035 (PFA-FILM)19573 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 245 00 And so to Edinburgh|h[videorecording] /|cby Alexander Black. 246 3 Home movies. Alexander Black. And so to Edinburgh 257 United States. 260 United States :|b[s.n.],|c1937. 300 1 videocassette of 1 (12 min. @ 18 fps) (Digital Betacam NTSC) :|bsi., col. ;|c1/2 in. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only.|5CBPF. 520 Kodachrome travelogue, photographed from 1935-1937, of Alexander Black's ancestral sites in Edinburgh, Scotland, and his return home to New York City, including six shots of the recently constructed Empire State Building at different times of day and night. Includes the following footage (first half of film has intertitles): Edinburgh: Castle Hill, Scottish-American War Memorial. The village of Haddington. Edinburgh: Buccleuch Pend. The Scottish countryside with sheep. Peebles "Hydro" Hotel. London: Cricket match at Lords, changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, St. James Palace. Sailing on the S.S. Washington. Helen Wills taking shipboard golf lessons. From here intertitles cease. Footage of home with rose gardens, "#34 Lone Pool," a sign "Look for Amos, Frank Seaman his hut" [refers to the Yama Farms Inn at Warwaring, New York], New York skyline, feeding pigeons on the pier. 538 Digital Betacam NTSC. 610 20 Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.) 610 20 Washington (Passenger liner) 651 0 Edinburgh (Scotland)|xDescription and travel. 651 0 London (England)|xDescription and travel. 655 7 Home movies and video.|2mim 655 7 Documentaries and factual works.|2mim 700 1 Black, Alexander,|d1859-1940,|edirection. 700 1 Wills, Helen,|d1905-1998. 941 0 PFA 0504-01-14224. PFA collection acquisition scene-to- scene transfer of 16 mm, made at Colorlab with fundds from 2007 NFPF Lab Partnership Grant 2009/02/12 946 PFA 0504-01-14224. INV record created 2010/05/17 by js; MIN record created 2011/03/01 by sw. 956 pfsw 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 C0|bCUY