A YouTube video provides an insightful look at Brownsea Island in 1962.
Posted by British Pathé on the video hosting website, the footage takes viewers on a tour of the island.
The narrator - typical of the type used in the 1960s - points out that the island could have been purchased for £250,000 (£4.6 million in today's money).
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Brownsea Castle and St Mary's Church make an appearance in the video.
Wath the short movie on Brownsea Island here.
These pictures were taken from the video.
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