Burgh Island

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

505

Date Released

30 Aug 1964

Date recorded

28 Jul 1964

Length of issue (in feet)

681

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Paignton Zoo
2. 2Festiniog Railway
3. 3Burgh Island

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: So cheers! For the rum-runners paradise that was off Devon’s coast - Burgh Island. This is a half-tide island that you reach when the water’s high by a whacky bus that is, obviously, the foster-father of an amphibious tank. It’s unchanged since the old Excise men were at war with the local smugglers. We watch the sea in its endless warfare with the cliffs, carving strange beauty out of them. And we see that this is a jungle, too, where elemental battles are endlessly fought out.

Keywords

Scenery and travel

Locations

Devon; England; Burgh Island

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Richard Norton

Length of story (in feet)

212

Story extras:

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