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Title: ZEPHYR ABROAD

Reference number: 6262

Date: 1955

Director: [filmed by Douglas Mickel]

Sound: silent

Original format: 9.5mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 25.32 mins

Description: A trip taken by Douglas Mickel and his wife Marjorie to France and Italy in 1955. The 'Zephyr' in the film's title refers to the car that took them there.

See P/CN179. Film makers diary records detailed information such as location and date - this record features DWM ref 547 - 568.

See also HOMEBUILDERS: Mactaggart and Mickel and the Scottish housebuilding industry ed. Miles Glendinning and Diane Watters, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1999.

Shotlist: [Shotlisted from Betacam SP 599, manual control track]

(0.00) title; c/u bumper of the 'Zephyr' car, c/u badges such as 'MG' and 'Ford' - cars queuing at Dover Ferry Terminal, they drive onto Townsend Thoresen car ferry - departing shot ferry terminal (0.56) A last look at Dover... then we speed on... to Chalons, 372 miles from Calais gvs roadside scenes, arrival at Chalons where a picnic is enjoyed - passing shot barge on canal (1.44) Sunhats in Provence... very dear! a stall selling sun hats, one of which is duly bought and tried on - Avignon street scenes there (2.31) This palace at Avignon was used by the popes from 1309 - 1376 gvs palace - Fine views over the Rhone from the Palace gardens gvs same - Including the Pont d'Avignon view over same (4.13) Marjorie buys the lunch shot of her buying baguettes and walking along narrow street - These walls saw many sieges gvs walls around the town (4.56) Passing through Aix... huge waterfall, gvs landscapes as seen from moving car - ...we soon sight the Mediterranean approach to same, busy beach scenes - ...at Cannes beach scenes - ...so in we go! Marjorie swimming in the water and drying off - gvs bay and boats (6.12) Monte Carlo street scenes there, as seen from moving car - Breakfast overlooking the Casino gvs same - The policemen are wonderful! uniformed policman 'has stern words' with men on motorcycle riding topless (7.00) 'Christina' the Onassis yacht, dominates M. Carlo harbour gvs same - 200 cars enter Italy every hour queues of cars at border, scenics as seen from moving car, passing through Ventimiglia and stopping at Diano Marina - crowded beach scenes, setting off in car again (8.34) Alassio crowded beach scenes including waterskiing - Highway one from our hotel in Alassio view looking over busy 'one lane' road, shot of a relaxed Marjorie walking about - Marjorie 'oiling up' she puts sun cream on and walks on beach (9.54) Attractive piazzas of Alassio gvs same, street scenes - Angela's doll 'Alassio' is bought handmade doll is shown to camera and paid for - a present for their daughter (10.51) Transport in Italy is varied... most thrilling... gvs waterskiing - most restful... rowing boat with seat, c/u Marjorie - & of course the scooter! Douglas Mickel rides scooter through narrow streets - & the bambini! shot of double buggy with small children - enjoying a drink and a pastry on the beachfront - shots of road taken from moving car, c/u dials on dashboard (13.12) 90 miles on & we come to... gvs Santa Margherita Ligure, including bay, boats, shops - view from balcony - waterskiing and views of bay as they drive round - To Portofino enjoying al fresco lunch there, view of bay (15.56) The 'Christina' in Portofino harbour gvs same - Two old customs! Marjorie wears wooden beaded necklace, brief shot donkey with straw hat on (16.58) Rome is so near! So over the Bracco pass we go landscapes intercut with c/u dashboard (17.36) The Porta Latina leads into the eternal city moving through there by car - The Victor Emmanuel Memorial shot of same - Note Mussolini's balcony at the Palazzo Venezia exts same - The Esedra Fountain gvs same (18.57) The Ambrosini family... Lucina and Mama shots of women - ...Marco Valerio, Sara, & offsprings gvs family and children - We visit the Trevi Fountain gvs same where coins are thrown in for good luck; ext and int gvs Colosseum - S. Angelo Castle gvs same (21.37) Saint Peter's gvs same - The sun sets on Via di Concilazione gvs same - We take leave of the Ambrosinis goodbyes are said (22.33) & North we go again views from moving car, roads, scenery including Montepescali high on the hill - We soon reach Sestri gvs fruit and vegetable market, gvs Sestri bay with boats - Our final picnic & close-up of a vineyard c/u grapevines - scenics as seen from moving car (24.42) The French Border same, at Menton - The Channel again on board ferry, the White Cliffs of Dover clearly in background [they travel on the 'Halladale' built by A & J Inglis Glasgow] - Reunion at Dover the Mickel family are reunited - The End (25.32)