A FLYING VISIT TO YUGOSLAVIA [Main Title]

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  • Title: A FLYING VISIT TO YUGOSLAVIA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3774
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur colour footage shot and edited by Rosie Newman of her motoring holiday through Yugoslavia, including a visit to Tito's Residence on Lake Bled, 29 July to 15 August 1956.
  • Description: Highlights of Rosie Newman's visit to Yugoslavia, beginning with a map of the area and a brief shot of the paperwork required to organise the visit. Brief shot of a British European Airways DC3 Dakota at Heathrow airport, 29 July 1956, and scenes taken from the aircraft as it approaches Amsterdam airport. Brief air-to-ground shots of the Bavarian Alps and Berchtesgaden. Landing at Klagenfurt airport, Austria (KLM aircraft - probably a Vickers Viscount) and departing in a Rolls Royce. The twelfth century church at Gurk, Austria. Various shots of Lake Bled, Yugoslavia. Brief shots of President Tito's residence on the island of Brioni. More scenes of life on Lake Bled, including bathers, gondolas and rowers on the lake. Scenes shot in and around Lake Bled including a Slovene farm, houses, a sawmill, a church and a shrine. Lake Bohinj (?). Fourteenth century church with frescos of St Christopher. Vintgar Gorge (?). Lake Würthersee, Austria. "New" housing at Jesenice. Memorial to forty-six partisans killed during the Second World War (location unidentified). Triglav mountain as seen from the Würzner Pass. The Sava river flowing out from the Julian Alps. Scenes in an unidentified village on the Austrian border. Brief posed shot of the British Ambassador Sir Frank Roberts, Lady Roberts and two unidentified people by a car. Brief shots of a Golf course at Dellach (?) on the Würthersee, Austria. The Soca river flowing through the Trenta (?) valley. The Predil Pass on the Italian border. Scenes in the Yugoslavian "Riviera" town of Opatija. The Roman Amphitheatre at Pula. A Roman temple. The party embarking on President Tito's launch for Brioni. Scenes around the official guest house, the Villa Carmen, on the island of Brioni. The sixth century Basilica Eufrasiana at Porec. Leaving by steamer from the port of Fiume, with Sir Frank Roberts waiving from the quayside. The steamer arriving at the island of Rab. Street scenes in Split, including a shot of Miriam (a cook from the British Embassy who was learning English and acted as an interpreter/companion to Miss Newman for part of her trip) buying a melon in the market. Scenes on the road to Trogir. Scenes in the medieval town of Trogir. Animated map charting Miss Newman's journey through Yugoslavia. Shots of Split harbour. Brief shot of the Captain (?) of the steamer followed by Miriam eating her melon on the Captain's deck. Shots of Korcula. Coastline scenes. Arrival and disembarkation at Dubrovnik. Various scenes in Dubrovnik. Yugoslavs in traditional dress arriving for church in Cilipi in the Konavlje region. Scenes in the gardens of the Excelsior Hotel. Scenes in and around the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. Shots of the hairpin bends on the road on Mount Lovcen. View from Mount Lovcen over the Bay of Kotor. Shots of the mountains of Montenegro. Threshing at a farm in Montenegro. Scenes in Cetinje. Scenes on the road to Budva. Shots of a large hotel in Budva. The villa of Queen Marie (?) at Milocer, now an hotel. Sunset over the mountains and the Bay of Kotor. Views of the Yugoslavian countryside from an aircraft. The film ends with a quote from William Cowper's poem 'The Time Piece': "Mountains interposed, make enemies of nations who else, Like kindred drops been mingled into one"
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 3774
  • Sound: English
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 1956
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  • Production Details: Newman, RosieBritish film-maker, "Britain at War" (Production individual) Newman, RosieBritish film-maker, "Britain at War" (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: English Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1807 ft; Running time: 74 mins
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    MGH 3774

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    Documents.23389 (Private Papers of Miss R V N M Newman) Documents.23389a (System.Xml.XmlElement) Documents.23389b (System.Xml.XmlElement)
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