| Description | 'Visit to London' film, comprises all three reels of 'This Is London' film on one reel ready joined.
Part 1 (50ft): Tower Bridgr, The Tower, Beefeaters, The Crown Jewels, St. Paul's with interior shots, Trafalgar Square, showing Nelson's Column and the National Gallery
Part 2 (50ft): Whitehall Palace, the Changing of the Life Guards, Whitehall, showing the Cenotaph and No.10 Dowing Street, Westinster Abbeym with interiors, showing the Unknown Warrior's grave, the Coronation Chair, the choir and windows, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, interior view of the House of Lords and Commons.
Part 3 (50ft): Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Foot Guards, Grosvenor Square, Roosevelt Statue and the American Embassy, Albert Hall and Albert Statue, Piccadilly Circus, Eros, the Underground Railway and Piccadilly at night.
Mentioned in the Walton Home Movie 1969 catalogue, but may have first been printed earlier.
Royal Albert Hall appears towards the end - depicts exterior shots of statue, freize and memorial.
Standard 8mm colour cellulose acetate film. |
| Administrative History | James Beney formed Walton Sound and Film Servies in May 1948. He used the Wallace Heaton film library as a primary source, but was encouraged to begin making his own films. His first film was the travel film 'Glimpses of Switzerland.' His first releases were only in 16mm gauge. Beney and Brian Harris, a former employee of Wallace Heaton, formed a business partnership. In the 1950s, Walton Films began to offer 'glamour' film prints. In 1953 they offered colour prints of the Coronation in 16fps. Their office was based in 282 Kensington High Street. Walton Films were known for their 9.5mm gauge films, but had to adapt to demand and began printing in standard 8mm and later super 8mm. The company went into liquidation in 1983 due to the video boom of the 1980s.
(http://www.pathefilm.uk/95flmcat/95flmcatwalt.htm) August 2018 |