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Aix Les Bosquets

Amateur footage (no sound) by Sir Clarmont Skrine shot during family holidays at ‘Aix les Bosquets’ (Aix-en-Provence, France) during the 1930s.

Amateur film 1938 7 mins Silent

Overview

Amateur footage (no sound) by Sir Clarmont Skrine shot during family holidays at ‘Aix les Bosquets’ (Aix-en-Provence, France) during the 1930s. Aix les Bosquets’ is not a place name in existence. The film shows the ‘Fontaine de la Rotonde’, which is located in Aix-en-Provence, France. It is likely the rest of the film was either shot in or near this city-commune.

Oxford educated, Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine (1888-1974), was a civil servant and colonial administrator. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1912 and later was transferred to their Political Service. He served as the British consul-general in Kashgar from 1922 to 1924, Under-Secretary of State for India and agent for the Madras States from 1936 to 1939.