Scilly Isles (1963)

Scilly Isles, Cornwall.
Various shots of coast and lighthouse off Land's End. Aerial shots of sea and Scilly Isles from inside an aeroplane.
Various shots of Hugh Town, St. Mary's and harbour. Fishermen are seen working on their boats. Four men are repairing a house for the summer tourist season. C/U of a car number plate - on the island plates show only the owners phone number. Two boys are seen playing among rock pools on the beach. C/U of a coast guard signalling out to sea with a lamp.
A couple and an old man travel by dinghy to isle of Tresco. M/S of people playing croquet near the beach. M/S of palm tree. A man drives a luggage cart to meet the tourists at the harbour. C/U of sign in a window - 'English Spoken Here'. A postman comes out of the post office carrying a sack. M/S of the museum of the sea - a shed filled with ship's figureheads, Mrs. Dorien-Smith is seen painting one. C/U of Commander Dorien-Smith, museum owner, looking at a map with a girl.
Various shots of daffodils. The flowers are picked, gathered in bunches and placed on a trailer. A tractor pulls the trailer away. The daffs are packed in a box by Jane Wyllie to be exported to the mainland. The boxes are then seen being loaded into a by-plane. The plane takes off. Aerial shots of islands.
Please note some of the commentary is incorrect - the lighthouse is not at Lizard and the town's name is not 'St. Hughes' but Hugh Town, St. Mary's.
Cuts exist - please see separate record.
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[@tourzrap]

Beautiful cleaned up video

[@no15minutecities]

Better lifestyle than today in the world.

[@infinitesimotel]

I thought things were meant to be a billion times better when we got to 2022, they have done the exact opposite.

[@Zeelandian_Man]

Love your profile picture mate. Long live scilly!

[@synnesilentweb]

Very little has changed.. Love Scilly 💛

[@vintagestuffguy1998]

Excellent clip, should have more views!

[@checktheskies5040]

I wish i was there now.❤

[@chegeny]

This old film looks as though it was from just a few years ago. 1963 was the last year for those venerable plywood-constructed de Havilland Rapide biplanes. They were replaced by a single Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. Eventually, DHC-6 Twin Otters would go on to operate from St Mary's Airport.

[@dianeog1]

Not Lizard lighthouse but Longships off Landsend.

[@markkilley2683]

Would love to visit.

[@ajwalou-nack2343]

It's not that same . I lived in St Martin's and there were only 2 vans on the island. One was mine , an old mk 2 transit van the other was the post office. Now there everywhere. Had to leave in 1985 and come back once in 86 . Things have changed and not the same .

[@heywhatsup27]

This was before we went to the moon

[@stevecooper6515]

Before it was spoilt by the hordes. Social Media has a lot to answer for.😢

[@Tugela60]

The Scilly Isles are just scilly IMO.

[@chrisnance7529]

And not St Hughs Hugh Town on St Mary's

[@ajwalou-nack2343]

Don't know where they got their false information from.

[@CPTM1]

Wait. Wheres the Italian Mafia... I am feeling a little sus about this place. It also doesn't look very Italian

[@veedub80099]

Don’t be so Scilly

[@ajwalou-nack2343]

I can't listen to it with that screeching music. Ruined it . Go back in time and do it again.

[@tourzrap]

Manchild