- Title: CF1007
- Date:1950s
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Summary:
01:00:44 1950s. Couple watching TV in dark 50s sitting room – V/O ‘ Meet Mr and Mrs Smith ‘ average middle aged couple – daughter in dressing gown kisses parents goodnight – Man smokes pipe and reads Radio Times – man moves to desk still smoking pipe and starts making notes from the paper – very typical English scene
01:01:50 Family at breakfast table – great 50s crockery – they look at holiday brochure – CU male hands opening passport to photo page then flipping through the blank pages
01:02:40 EXT couple with suitcases at gate of typical English country cottage – they kiss daughter goodbye – daughter and grandma stand behind gate and wave goodbye – bon voyage – lovely departure scene
01:02:55 Mrs Smith on deck of cross-channel ferry – in the background are the white cliffs of Dover – ferry leaves Dover docks – great shot of group of people looking out from moving boat to Dover cliffs – white cliffs – group of people sat on wooden chairs on deck chatting
01:03:35 luggage / suitcases being loaded on to coach – couples get on board coach – couple look at map – sign saying ‘ Amsterdam ‘ - ferry in Amsterdam Harbour – Dutch windmill – two young women in traditional Dutch dress ( wearing clogs )
01:04:50 two young women look at clogs outside shop – canal with tourist boat sailing along ( bicycles in foreground ) very typical Amsterdam – view of bridges from moving boat on canal – various sights of Amsterdam trams etc – Amsterdam at night with the canal all lit up – neon signs – sign for ‘ Schiller Hotel ‘ – middle aged man chats (or flirts ) with two young women
01:06:19 tram stop – man posts letter in post box attached to back of tram – CU Global Tours sign on coach – coach party of tourists ( one is Japanese tourist ) – INT empty coach V/O ‘ Global coaches are the last word in efficiency and design ‘
01:07:21 little boy driving along sea front in red pedal car – MCU LA shot of little girl reading post card and smiling – GVS green mountainous countryside ( France ? )
01:08:05 Switzerland , Rheinfall / Rhine Falls ( widest waterfalls in Europe ) – people standing on bridge above waterfall – camera pans down to look at rushing water of waterfall – CU white water / rapids – people getting into boat at base of rapids
01:08:37 great reaction shot – surprise – typical English looking man in tweed jacket is so shocked his pipe falls out of his mouth – boat travelling along – nice wide shot of Rheinfall waterfall
01:08:59 coach past camera – Lucerne – Lucerne Port – GVS traditional buildings – CU cuckoo clock chiming – EXT tourist / souvenir shop – cuckoo clock shop – lovely shot of wall with all different ticking cuckoo clocks ( passing time ) – CU Swiss music box – ( souvenirs / tourist tat ) – woman handing over money to pay for box – groups of tourists looking in shop windows ( some are Indian women in saris )
01:10:48 CUs silver jewellery in padded trays – woman writing a postcard at desk – CU hands sticking on stamp – Lucerne water tower – idyllic riverside café – waitress serves drinks as couples take in the view
01:11:35 Swiss mountains covered in snow – people wave from the windows of coach – traditional Swiss hotel – beautiful views over the green Swiss mountains – Wartenstein Hotel – couples have breakfast on the roof of the hotel – camera pans over the roofs of little houses in a Swiss mountain resort – GVS Swiss mountains
01:12:56 Wall of the Liechtenstein Frontier – Prince’s Castle precariously perched on hillside – GVS Vadus , capital city of Liechtenstein – holidaymakers greeted by the ruler of the principality – Baron von ? he is dressed in local costume and helps the tourists select local souvenirs ( comical ) – man playing alpenhorn – little girl in traditional dress waves at the camera
01:14:07 Austrian resort St. Anton – traditional hotel – GVS Austrian village – tourists play in the snow on sunny mountain top – women in summer dresses throw snowballs at the camera
01:15:25 reaction shot – typical English man gets snowball in the face – he wipes the snow off his face then shakes his fist whilst winking – angry / playful – women collapse into fits of laughter for an unnecessarily long time
01:15:38 cable car moving up mountain – mountain peaks – GVS from cable car descending mountain – bus travelling along mountain road – Dolomite Mountains
01:17:17 tourists gaze from coach window – Venice canal – boats along canal – 50s women in floral summer dresses stroll along – St Mark’s Square – pan up façade of St Mark’s Cathedral – great shot of young woman taking photo with old fashioned camera ( tourist snaps ) – pan up St Mark’s Campanile – HA shot looking down onto the square – two sitting at a pavement café in the square drinking beer – pigeons flock around woman
01:19:10 tourists in gondolas riding along the canal with gondolier in straw hat punting them along ( stereotypical Venice ) – Rialto Bridge seen from POV of gondola – Bridge of Sighs – man and wife get into gondola with suitcases to leave Venice – stunning shots of the Italian coast – great shot of tourists standing on leafy cliff looking down to the rolling sea below – arty shot of tourists reflected in puddle – pan round little old harbour / bay
01:21:16 coach along windy Italian mountain road – border guards patrolling the Italy-France border / frontier – young people drive towards camera on scooters / Vespa ( European stereotype ) - GVS Monte Carlo – entrance to the Prince’s Palace – Nice – coach drives through the Promenade des Anglais – V/O ‘ all doors of the glamorous Riviera life are open to Global holidaymakers when they visit Nice ‘ – HA shot of Nice street
01:22:10 pan across tiny crowded pebble beach , city beach – two young women in swimsuits sunbathe – women putting on swimming caps – they run down the beach into the sea and dive into the waves – tourists getting back on bus – GVS Entreveaux medieval town
01:23:50 pan across green rolling hills and fields of the French countryside – tourists tasting Chartreuse liqueur – man drinks and then looks at his glass quizzically / in wonder – man talking to monk in white habit
01:24:40 Paris – Eiffel Tower – Louvre – obelisk – Notredame (slightly blurry) – steps up to the Sacre Coeur – Arc de Triomphe – busy Paris street – CUs of various platters of food laid out for a grand buffet , lobster – CU hands placing a punnet of raspberries into display of fruit
01:26:28 NIGHT neon signs flashing – signs for the Moulin Rouge , Casino , Eve , Lido and Pigalls - INT Paris nightclub – dancers in OTT Spanish costumes perform a latin – style dance routine – tourists sit in a corner table drinking beer and perusing the menu – man offers woman a cigarette and she takes it – smoking / flirting – couple raise a toast and chink glasses
01:27:39 woman puts shoes next to man’s shoes outside hotel door – couple stroll down the Champs Elysees – ferry moored at Calais – middle aged couple waves from the deck of ferry / liner – two young women wave from deck of ferry
01:28:40 middle aged couple arrive back to English country cottage with suitcases stamped with stickers – travellers return – welcome home – man opens gate for wife and carries suitcases – gentlemanly / old fashioned values – little girl runs up path to greet mother and father – CU hands flicking through pages of passport full of stamps from different countries , in the background is a map of Europe – good for travel
01:29:50 little girl walks up to gate saying ‘ Hythe End ‘ and uses her hand to cover the first two letters so it reads ‘ the End ‘
01:29:57 - TYPE:
- DATE:1950s
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- Colour:Colour
- Keywords:UK, COACH TOURS, CONTINENT, LEISURE, VACATION , TOURISTS , CARIBBEAN, BEACH SCENES , COUPLES HAVE ROMANTIC DINNERS JET SET , 70s , EXOTIC LOCATIONS , PACKAGE HOLIDAYS
- Master Title:CF1007
- Segment:1
- Sound:Sound
