Amazing, Michelle, thanks for commenting. I have now written up that holiday in ex-cruise-ciating detail (did you see what I did there?) including links to the still photos as well as this cine film. Starts here: ianlouisharris.com/1973/08/18/a-two-week-mediterranean-cruise-ahead-of-starting-at-alleyns-school-late-august-1973-context-itinerary-links-day-zero-porto-di-rimini-via-luton-airport/

Thanks for the kind comment. Were you there during my visit or just around in that era?

@@ianharris3142 I was 5 years old back then mate but grown up in thar era. Are you still in Mauritius. I live abroad now since 25 years?

I was just a visitor, safarel. My school friend’s family is Mauritian and I was along for the ride. You can read about my adventures and see the photographs too if you wish, starting with the following link - lots of “rabbit holes” from there, with even a genuine rabbit (or hare) featured in one of the stories. ianlouisharris.com/1979/08/20/mauritius-july-august-1979-overview-summary-and-picture-links/

@@ianharris3142 thanks and let's hope Mamamorice gets back a little bit of her letan lontan kan ti pe zoué canet, larou, lastik, lamarel, cookcasiet ek servolan. I feel bless I was born there and grown up there in those blessed days. Take care and regards.

Sorry I thought you were born in Mauritius and I wrote Something in creole. I was just referring to the old outdoors games and how Mauritius used to be in those days. People were really happy those days there and Mauritius was so safe with an unconditional solidarity. Now the country's moral has taken a tragic blow to a level never seen in her history. But the people there still have a big heart. Otherwise I went to Bel Mar and Palmar so many time and also curepipe. Take care and stay blessed.

Many thanks for your kind words. The lyric sheet is published - it is shown/accessible towards the end of my write up of the evening here: ianlouisharris.com/2019/12/16/gresham-society-soiree-barnards-inn-hall-16-december-2019/

alnot01 Thanks for this comment alnot01. June Palmer arrived at Photo Mart/Strobe Studios "while she was still a teenager" and I suspect that the short film sequence was taken soon after her arrival; probably the spring or summer of 1959.

joopvangent So glad to have made your day, joopvangent. It brings the movie back to life for me to receive feedback from someone like you - even naming some of the characters in the film and telling me a bit more about their characters. Thank you for taking that trouble.

Ian Harris Thanks for your kind reaction. :-) Yes, I lived with Angel Monzonis, his wife Christina, and two Dutch guys (windsurf instructor and diving instructor) together in an appartment. The owner of Club Neptuno was Arie de Boom, I remember, and one of the "girls" at the reception of Club Neptuno (about 10 years older than me probably) was Marie-Carmen, of whom I still have voice recordings at an old cassette tape. It was Marie-Carmen who tought me Spanish in about one month. I have started my holiday work in 1976 by repairing probably all the sailing boats visible in your movie (at the beach of Mar Menor). The only bits I have from that time are a few photographs, the cassette tape, and memories. 1976 was an important step into the world outside Holland for me, and it feels good to talk to so someone who was there by then! Who are you on this video?

NasRatat NasRatat thanks for your comment, NasRatat. Certainly was 1960. I was born in 1962 and they only made one trip without me after I was born - in 1964, but anyway that was Southern Spain.Morocco. They only made the one trip to Lloret, 1960. Their photographs, stereo images and films are all diligently and consistently labelled. Hope you enjoyed the film anyway.

Ian Harris Thank you very much for your answer, and I congratulate him on the recovery of these films, which perfectly reflect a bygone era. A greeting.

Glad you like the film, Mike. Music - the first 15 minutes is the Capriccio Espagnol by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The remainder is some extracts from El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla. Enjoy.

I cannot imagine why or how your previous comment got deleted, Re. I certainly didn't delete it and have never deleted anyone's comments from my KZbin channel. My earlier reply to your comment has vanished too, which is weird indeed. So I should perhaps say again how pleased I am that this clip of film has brought back memories for you (and has been viewed by so many people now). I'm sure my late father would have been thrilled at the thought that his home movies are up on KZbin now, giving people pleasure so many years later.

Ah, I've worked it out, Re. Your settings on that original posting have changed so it is held within KZbin as a private message to me rather than a public message. Perhaps happened inadvertently and/or when your computer went berserk. If you go into messages within your KZbin account, you should be able to see it and change its settings to make it public again. I can see it, as you sent it to me, but I don't have permission to make your (now private) message public.

Westcliff on Sea, Essex, actually.