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Peter Hughes
Приєднався 15 лип 2013
My father was an avid amateur cine film enthusiast in the 1960s and 1970s, shooting Standard 8 film on a Sankyo 8CM camera. I am gradually digitizing and lightly editing his films. As he was also a keen amateur historian about his home in North Wales several of the films include views of the landscape and the changes happening as the area became more accessible and developed.
Cranfield Aircraft Museum circa 1970
A short film made around 1970 of some the aircraft in the then Cranfield Institute of Technology's (now University) museum/collection. The aircraft have subsequently been dispersed to other museums.
Aircraft I've managed to identify include:
Mk IX Spitfire (Photo Reconnaissance Unit)
Gloster Gladiator K8032
Sopwith Pup
Bristol F2.B Fighter D8096
Hawker Hind
Avro 621
De Haviland Gypsy Moth
Roe IV Triplane
V-1 Flying Bomb
De Haviland Sea Venom
Hawker Hurricane
Hiller 12C
Beagle B.121 Pup 100 G-AXDW
Aircraft I've managed to identify include:
Mk IX Spitfire (Photo Reconnaissance Unit)
Gloster Gladiator K8032
Sopwith Pup
Bristol F2.B Fighter D8096
Hawker Hind
Avro 621
De Haviland Gypsy Moth
Roe IV Triplane
V-1 Flying Bomb
De Haviland Sea Venom
Hawker Hurricane
Hiller 12C
Beagle B.121 Pup 100 G-AXDW
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Відео
Tresco 2020
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A week in Tresco in September 2020 when travel restrictions were lifted. A time to relax.
Patrick and Barbara's Wedding
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Patrick and Barbara's wedding 1968 in Bury, Lancashire.
Package Holiday in Ibiza October 1968
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Two families set off on a package holiday to the sun on the isle of Ibiza. This was a 49 guineas per person holiday (£50 approx) but I guess under 16s were half price. Staying at the brand new Hotel Helios across the bay from San Antonio town centre, spending time in Ibiza town and on the beach at Calla Bassa.
A weekend in Amsterdam Spring 1968
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Back in the days when air travel was glamourous and people dressed smartly, a visit to a foreign destination such as Amsterdam was a very special occasion.
A new Grid Transformer for Trawsfynydd Substation circa 1966
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This film charts the delivery by sea and road of a large transformer for the grid substation located at the Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station site. The shipment occurred in the mid-1960s when both the Ffestiniog and Trawsfynydd Power Stations had been recently opened. The route from Porthmadog crossed the Cob, through Minfordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, Maentwrog and up the 'newly' widened road to Traw...
Formula 1 Spring Cup 1967
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Formula1, Honda R&D Co., BRM, McLaren, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Brabham Racing Organisation, Team Lotus, Oulton Park, International Spring Cup Race Meeting. This is the film my father shot at the International Spring Cup Race Meeting at Oulton Park on 15th April 1967. This was the first race in the UK where a trauma unit was provided track side for immediate track medical aid. I've included a...
Michael and Sylvia's Wedding
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Michael and Sylvia's Wedding in 1970, Rugby Warwickshire.