The Torrens family visits the Isle of Wight

From the collection of

Wessex Film and Sound Archive is based in Winchester. Providing the opportunity to see and hear history, the archive contains nearly 40,000 film, video and sound recordings relating to Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ranging from late Victorian times to the present day. It includes both amateur and professional material, local newsreels, military and maritime subjects, as well as footage produced by individuals, businesses and organisations.

The Torrens family visits the Isle of Wight

Wessex Film and Sound Archive
Isle of Wight
1955-01-01
Silent
2m

Starting with an Isle of Wight sign we then get a view over the wide bay at Shanklin and Sandown towards Culver Down in the distance. We're then at Blackgang Chine looking down on cliffs that show signs of having collapsed. At Sandown we see, rather surprisingly, a pelican as well as one of the Torrens boys fishing in rockpools. There is a view of Sandown pier with Ventnor Down and its radar masts in the distance. Finally, we arrive at Yarmouth to catch the ferry back to Lymington.

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