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Jersey, the Long Twenty-Four Hours

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
564
Date Released
14 Oct 1965
Date recorded
27 Aug 1965
Length of issue (in feet)
813
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Jersey, the Long Twenty-Four Hours

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
Pathe synopsis: We’re out watching a motoring hill-climb in a holiday sunspot where you need a car to reach and explore all the hidden bays. Yet this is an island of only forty square miles. Jersey. An island so close to the French coast that the Continental influence is all around.
We’ve come when the islanders are out in the fields and preparing the floats for tomorrow’s great sea-front extravaganza - the Battle of Flowers. But that’s twenty-four hours away and there’s time to share the underwater experiences of the sub-aqua club at Bouley Bay or take a boat-trip with the lobster fishermen. Zoologist Gerald Durrell has established a zoo and preservation trust here and the pottery experts have built a homespun craft into a thriving industry. Go-kart racing is a chance for every adult with a schoolboy heart, but for sheer exhilaration there is the surf-riding spectacle at St. Ouen’s Bay. Your long twenty-four hour introduction to Jersey, ends, of course, with the Battle of Flowers and all its riotous fun and colour.
Keywords
Customs and traditions; Scenery and travel
Locations
Jersey
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
758
Story extras:
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