Holiday 261

Title

Holiday 261

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Music

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:24:59

Description

Di Latham presents Holiday 261, focusing on holidays in the USA in America’s bicentennial year. Includes interviews in the USA with Reg Pycroft from Jetsave about fly drive holidays. Travel writer Eunice Juckett about US East Coast history. Tom Grimm(?) from Laguna Beach about holidays for young people. Travel photographer Mon(?) Denis(?) about unusual holidays. First Secretary at the American embassy in Britain, Jack Kenny(?), about the bicentennial celebrations in the USA and London. Originally broadcast 1976. Finishes with song America by Simon and Garfunkel.

Contributors

Di Latham; Reg Pycroft; Eunice Juckett; Tom Grimm(?); Mon(?) Denis(?); Jack Kenny(?); Simon and Garfunkel

Keywords

USA; Transport; Cultural events; London; Anniversary celebrations; Travel; UK; Cars; Queen Elizabeth II; Exchange rates; Energy consumption; Famous people; Tourism; Cuisine; Holidays; Food; Historic buildings; Costs; Houses; Travel abroad; Leisure time activities; Tours; Cycling (leisure); Kansas; Camping; Crystal Palace; Helicopters; Skiing; Fireworks; Washington DC; Centenaries; Disneyland; Tourists; Wagons; North American history; American War of Independence (1775-1783)

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