The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film archive for the South West of England. Established in 1993, SWFTA's core collection comprises of the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and TSW (Television South West). The archive also cares for a significant number of donated film collections, both amateur and professional, dating back to the early 1900s.
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Holidays at Perranporth
A beach holiday featuring kite-flying and the boating lake.
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Overview
The Endicott family stays at None-Go-By Cottage in Perranporth with the Dingle family. The film features aerial views of the long stretch of sandy beach and dunes from a biplane as the filmographer was a keen pilot. Today the airfield is still in use. Kite flying is popular at Perranporth where winds coming off the Atlantic are also good for surfing and kite surfing.
HH Endicott and J Dingle and Son were butchers in Plymouth. Both establishments operated postwar from market stalls while reconstruction and Abercrombie's city rebuilding plan took place. Perranporth was home to Winston Graham and inspired him to write the Poldark novels because the village was once dependent on tin mining. The boating lake survives to this day and the area is popular with surfers, golfers and the Celtic community. The town used to host the Lowender Peran Folk Festival of Celts from Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Saint Piran's flag or in Cornish Baner Peran is a white cross on a black background.
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