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