Butlin In South Africa - Unedited Material Reel 6 - 7 (1961)

Unedited material of Billy Butlin’s visit to South Africa c1961. Catalogued from negative on machine that only views in positive so some details unclear. Reel 6. Three men surf towards the camera. Camera follows them as they approach the beach. Repeat of shot. Same shot with five men surfing. C/U of man wearing snorkelling gear with a metal box which is marked “Durban Aquarium.“ He then lowers himself into the water. Underwater shots of fish. The diver sits at the bottom of the pool whilst fish swim all around him. A large turtle swims in front of the camera. The diver holds out a piece of food and the fish approach him and grab at it. Various shots of this. Diver swims around in the middle of the fish. C/U of man and woman looking through a window into the aquarium. Fish swim past, they point at them as they go by. C/U of diver in the aquarium. He strokes a ray-like fish. He holds out food for the fish. M/S of group of children and parents looking down into the aquarium. A man holds