Ross Family Pictures III

  • A still from [Ross Family Pictures III] (1930s) - Mrs Ross
  • ID no. 567
  • Accession no. ES 970218
Date [ca. mid 1930s - mid 1940s]
Production Charles Ross
Genre/Type
Themes Family life; Seaside
Summary One of several home movie compilations belonging to the Ross family. The footage, which includes some Dufaycolor, captures family gatherings and outings to the beach, as well images of golf players.
Description The film contains three sections dedicated to golf, notably to the drives and swings of the male players, many of whom are wearing plus-fours. Away from the golf course, members of the Ross family relax on a shingle beach. The adults and children sit together on the beach, dressed in swimming costumes, making direct eye contact with the camera which repeatedly captures them in close-up shots. Mrs Vera Ross does some knitting on the beach, whilst others swim and canoe in the sea or partake in shore fishing. On another occasion the film-maker Charles Ross records his young daughter, Ann, toddling around the garden of their home. The young family is also captured a few years earlier in Dufaycolor film - Charles and Vera Ross sit with their young baby, sheltered from the sun by a garden umbrella. Ann is then briefly filmed being bathed.
Keywords Beaches; Children; Family; Handicrafts; Leisure Time Activities; Outings; Sea Fishing; Sport
Location
Local
Regional
National
Credits
Camera
Participants
  • Ann Ross; Charles Ross; Vera Ross; Uncle 'Moy'
Format
Duration 13 mins 15 secs
Viewing copy
location		 Screen Archive South East, University of Brighton
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