Memory Monday
Today's offering comes from the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick.
As well as many other interesting records relating to Westwood Heath and the agricultural land upon which the university was developed, they have two short films showing buildings under construction. These give a fascinating glimpse into the rural characteristics of Gibbet Hill Road in the early 1960s.
Click on the links here...and enjoy!
Source: MRC, University of Warwick
Two reels of Super 8 silent colour film: UWA/GD/1: scenes shot from a moving car [on Gibbet Hill Road] of campus buildings under construction; boating on the River Avon at Stratford; young woman descending bank and climbing tree in woodland [probably near Gibbet Hill Road]. Duration: 4 minutes 39 seconds.
UWA/GD/2: scenes (some shot from a moving car) of campus buildings under construction or recently completed, including Rootes and Benefactors' residences; short scenes of lambs, robin, Triumph car and its engine, car going past airfield, boy holding pet dog, and pet rabbits. Duration: minutes 19 seconds.