Isle Of Beauty (1950-1959)

Produced by Howard Thomas. Photography: Terry Ashwood. Sound Supervisor: W.S. Bland. Film Editor: Edith White. Commentary written by: Alec Bristow. Commentator: Wilfred Pickles. Mountains, lakes, fishing boats. Manxmen. Nets drawn in, fish emptied on to deck of ship. The Barker’s are a family on holiday on the Isle of Man. Ruins of Peel Castle - ghosts are mentioned. Fisherman predicts the weather. The family visits the kipper works to see how herrings are smoked. Women gut the fish. Herrings smoked over fires of oak chips. Old water wheel marked with famous Manx symbol. Young couple walk to Snaefell. Sheep on the hillside. Romantic images of them at the top of Snaefell. He takes her photograph. They meet a Mr Brightson. They look at the view - Mull of Galloway to Solway Firth, hills of Cumberland, Mountains of Mourne in Ireland and Snowdon in Wales. The family look at the views from the train to Ramsay Bay. Queen’s Pier. Golf course. Father smokes his pipe and looks at a ma