Oban, Scotland (1926)
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- Once a major fishing port, this clip features herring girls at work and traders bidding on the catch.
This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally resto This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally resto This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally restored by the BFI National Archive. Britain seen in colour for the first time was heralded as a great technical advance for the cinema audience - now we can view a much improved image, but one which still stays true to the principles of the colour process.
The rather haphazard journey from Land's End to John O'Groats creates a series of moving picture postcards. Look out for shots containing the component colours - red and blue-green - such as when a little girl in a red coat and hat walks among peacocks in the grounds of a castle, and three girls with red curly hair pose by the sea at Torquay.
The car is a Vauxhall D-type - considered a sporty model at the time. A long-distance journey by car was a relatively new concept, with none of the amenities en route now taken for granted. The visit to a petrol station shows smoking on the forecourt: no health and safety issues back then! The travelogue ends with a series of recognisable London landmarks. Much remains the same - one major exception being the volume of traffic on the roads. (Jan Faull)
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I was in Oban last week and amazed to find expensive, large private houses being built by Ganavan sands,
stunning footage from a world left behind,thank you
I've been to Oban and it's lovely. This film from so long ago captures that perfectly.
the end shot is just beautiful
these videos are true gems. thanks for posting.
I used to squeeze herring in the Prince William Sound out of Cordova, Alaska. It was stinky and cold, but we did it for the money and good times and freindships. Then I fished for herring. It was a robust and fulfilling lifestyle. Then the Exxon Valdez oil Tanker spilled 11.1 million Gallons of oil into the pristine waters where our fish thrived and spawned. Now fishermen nolonger fish herring in PWS as the numbers of herring have diminished. Thanks to all who are working to restore our waters.
wow! this is really cool.....i had no idea color film existed in the 20's.
very nice
My grandmother's family come from Oban & they were right proud of their heritage. My Dad visited once during the 2nd World War. He asked a local whether there were was a McInnes family in the town. The answer was, 'Now wd that be McInnes the baker, or McInnes the butcher, or McInnes the candle maker?'...Everyone was somehow related to the McInnes he found. Of course he never asked that question again...I guess McInnes must be about as common a name as Smith or Jones, in that part of Scotland.
Back when you could still hear the Gaelic everywhere.
Where my favorite bottle of single malt Scotch is born
Well that's the difference between now and then! The 1920's was a wonderful, magical time between the wars when people enjoyed themselves and weren't full of the self-congratulatory, self-aggrandizing and entitlement mentality of today. They conducted themselves with class! They were also very lucky to have been adults at that time.
Shut up you fool.
I LIVE THERE- I WENT TO ROCKFIELD- MY COUSINS WENT TO RAINBOWS NURSERY-
I stayed in the Youth Hostel there (ideeal for exploring Scotland!) - great!!
Love the video, especially the Clyde puffer.
Oban is still a lovely town in a stunning location. My main gripe is that almost everyone throws their rubbish away - there aren't enough litter bins, it seems. Feeding the seagulls, both on the waterfront and in the town's housing estates, is another pet peeve of mine. And I won't mention the binge drinking among youths that goes on virtually every weekend... -- well, I will and I have.
And have no regrets about having made Oban my home.
Oban, Scotland [1926]
They had colour film in 1926?
alot has changed since then
in those years the colour oimages already existed???or those color where applied with actual technology???
blimay when i went i stayed in a sort of cottige and i was noisy
Crikey, an Inverness registered fishing boat, their aint too many of them left nowadays!
And still just for the tourist absolutely nothing to do for the children when there here
back when it was gaelic speaking aye
im not say it was a shit hole back then - being a more quaint time