Here and There in a Coronation Year

From the collection of

The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Here and There in a Coronation Year


1937 was a year of celebration. Bunting and street parties were held to mark the crowning of the new monarch, George VI. This amateur film follows a family on picnics and a tour of the coast of North Devon at Woolacombe and Clovelly and on a trip around Cornwall to Carbis Bay, St Ives, Sennen Cove, Mullion Cove, Newlyn, Mousehole, St Michael's Mount during the Whitsun holidays. Flags, crockery, tea, this film exudes quintessential Britishness right down to its jelly moulds.


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