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1950s FALKLAND ISLANDS TRAVELOGUE FILM BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICE PORT STANLEY PEAT GATHERING 44274

The Falkland Islands is a color film produced by Film Workshop LTD. with sound by United Motion Pictures. It was written and commentated on by Maxwell Munden, a London born writer and director. The film was produced for the Central Office of Information for the Colonial Office (COI). The COI was formed in 1946 and worked to produce information campaigns on issues that affected the lives of British citizens. This film about the Falkland Islands was probably produced in the early 1950’s. It opens with a map of the Falkland Islands (0:18-0:39). Views of the rough seas South Atlantic Ocean (0:40-1:03). Penguins running to the sea (1:08-1:14). Albatross flying through the sky (1:19-1:20). A view of the Falkland Island shoreline (1:28-1:34). Tussock grass blowing in the wind (1:35-1:37). Treeless, bleak island (1:38-1:46). Ariel view of the Falkland Islands (1:47-2:07). Stanley is the Islands capital (2:08-2:10). Flower garden with tulips (2:11-2:23). Sea Lions roam the beach (2:24-2:39). Scenes of the town, Stanley (2:44-3:18). Port Stanley, established in 1942 (3:22-3:29). A man digging peat for fuel in the peat bog (3:30-3:53). The peat is then stacked for drying (3:54-4:08). Sheep farm settlement (4:12-5:23). Wool bales headed for market (5:24-5:30). Falkland Island steamer SS Fitzroy built in Scotland in 1912 and wrecked at sea in 1921 (5:31-5:33). Wool bales headed for United Kingdom (5:34-5:52). Women working spinning wheels making wool yarns and cloth (5:53-6:26). Wool articles made by the women (6:27-6:43). Air service to isolated parts of the island via a Cessna 170 (6:44-7:18). Sports Association Annual Meeting (7:25-7:59). They have an annual Horse race (8:00-8:28), and ladies trotting race (8:29-8:47). Mail is brought in by the SS Fitzroy (8:48-8:55). Mail in mail bags (8:56-9:18). Sorting the mail (9:19-9:21). Mail carrier for isolated areas (9:35-10:24). Sunset over the sea (10:30-10:56). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com