| YULETIDE JOYS Winter delights with Christmas trees, holly, mistletoe, snow and ice. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 244496 | |
| Clip Number: | 244496-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1461 | |
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| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Christmas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | MISSING 5/24/2005 "Yuletide Joys". Christmas trees, holly, mistletoe - in abundance - come to town." England M/S snowy scene as a man drives a horse drawn sleigh, laden with Christmas trees, up a hill in a forest, A long line of open rail trucks loaded with Christmas trees moves towards camera. Intertitles read: "its cheaper and nicer this way." M/S men and women in town style coats. The people, somewhere in the country, cut large branches of holly from the hedges. A young woman is seen up a ladder. She gets a mistletoe clump and steps down a few rungs and kisses the young men holding the ladder steady. People walk along a snowy lane carrying their holly. Pan across a group of men as they tie the large branches of holly to bikes and cars. Intertitles read: "No need to go to Switzerland for winter sports " M/S of a group standing on a hillside. They help kids set off on toboggans. There are various shots of people on sledges, on a downhill run. One goes on her front. Skiers stand ready, and one skier goes past camera, wearing an ordinary coat. (01:18:23) M/S people on the ice in town. A woman in a coat, carrying a briefcase gets ready for a big slide across the ice. A boy on skates plays with a large dog. Four men skate together with their arms crossed over, then skate holding hands, arms outstretched, with lovely smooth rhythm. (01:19:27) M/S men break the ice. A man in a swimming trunks, gets in, takes a few strokes then takes huge chunks of ice and chucks them about. Another slides in and ducks under the water. Not a pretty sight. A man is seen on a roof, where a burst pip has caused the ice to freeze over a hopper drain. He uses a blow lamp to melt it. M/S exterior of a house with strange ice formation from a burst pipe. | |
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