Wednesday, January 18, 2012

THIS SCEPTRED ISLE: Day Trips In England 1940s to 1970s –

The Films of Harold Baim

Suggested Price: £19.99

A must have for any historian or travel fanatic is THIS SCEPTRED ISLE: Day Trips in England 1940s to 1970s – The Films of Harold Baim – now available on DVD from Strike Force Entertainment.

Spanning the 30 years from 1944 to 1974, THIS SCEPTRED ISLE, features nearly 6 hours of comprehensive archive film and covers over twelve multiple destination archive travelogues bursting with ideas for English day trips and weekends away.

Featuring city, coast and countryside fun and frolics, THIS SCEPTRED ISLE offers viewers the chance to witness and celebrate the English history and heritage of some of the tourist hotspots of yesteryear, as filmed by celebrated British film producer, director and writer Harold Baim.

Containing 2 discs, THIS SCEPTRED ISLE includes fascinating films such as ‘The English Riviera’, which takes us on a journey of Coastal Devon and its beauty spots, historical buildings and resorts, ‘Stories Of Lakeland’, which offers viewers the chance to witness the tranquil and dramatic scenery of the Lake District to ‘The Plymouth Sound’, a chance to visit the vibrant city of Plymouth, its Naval base and maritime history. This is to name but a few of the fabulous films!

Additional highlights also include ‘Reserved For Animals’, which sees Terry Wogan take a trip to the Safari Park at Woburn Abbey and ‘World Of Wax’ which opens the doors to the famous Madame Tussauds in London.

Bonus features also include ‘This is Guernsey’, which offers a tour around the Channel Island to discuss its Second World War Occupation and also ‘Pete Murray Takes You To Hastings’, which features well known TV Personality and DJ, Pete Murray as he explores Hastings – the famous seaport and battleground of 1066.

Best known and remembered for his travelogues, these spectacular archive films by Harold Baim will take you back in time. They are the exact films originally seen at your local cinema as secondary features to some of the biggest movies of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Also available from the Harold Baim collection and released by Strike Force Entertainment is SWINGING UK / UK SWINGS AGAIN, a nostalgic double-bill which brings back the sounds of the sixties.

THIS SCEPTRED ISLE: Day Trips in England 1940s to 1970s – The Films of Harold Baim is available from all good retailers, priced at £19.99.  For more information visit www.strikeforcetv.com or follow Strike Force Entertainment on www.fbook.me/SFE.

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