NEW YORK AND BRITISH GUIANA - 1948 - EISNER PERSONAL FILM

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 489863).

Synopsis

HOME MOVIES. A trip to New York by the Eisner family, and scenes in British Guiana (Guyana).

View of Southampton docks as ship sails from it. The New York skyline viewed as ship enters port. New York street scenes. New York suburb street scenes with mainly black residents. Bentick Street (?) and exterior of Park Hotel. Scenes in British Guiana. Quayside scenes with small boats; produce - fruit - on the quayside; people, mainly black people, on the quayside; pan to larger boats and schooners. View of quayside from small motor boat. People, black and white, waiting for ferry at quayside. Black children outside homes under palm trees. Black children playing cricket outside church. Town centre. Exterior of houses by roadside. A dead cow and vultures. View from boat drawn by horse.

 

Titles

  • EISNER PERSONAL FILM - NEW YORK AND BRITISH GUIANA 1948 (Alternative)
  • NEW YORK AND BRITISH GUIANA - 1948 - EISNER PERSONAL FILM (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1948
Running Time:
4 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
110 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Photography
EISNER, Joseph
 

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