Traditional England
Traditional England
Master 1850 - Tape 1 "The history of England is captured by the presentation of London, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, and the famed Beefeaters. There is Shakespeare's England too: Stratford -on-Avon, where the bard was born; Holy Trinity Church; the Shakespearean villages; and the home of Anne Hathaway. There are also visits to Warwick castle, Exmore--setting for Lorna Doone, Glastonbury, city of legends, Tintagel, quaint Cornish fishing villages, York, and Land's End. It is an England of great beauty and tradition." Filmed in 1946 (great travelogue of Post-War England).
Traditional England
Zooming CU leather-bound Av-Ed Presents book being opened, first page reading, "Traditional England." Low angle MS memorial statue by Thorneycroft of Boudicca, riding in her war chariot; pan left to world renowned Big Ben clock tower. TLS London street scene: pedestrians, double decker bus, traffic light changing from red to green, truck traffic. MS cute, curly-haired lil white girl wearing pale yellow dress while feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square. Excellent TLS automobile traffic, two English soldiers riding double-seat bicycle along The Mall, large British (Union Jack) and American (Stars and Stripes) flags lining street, Buckingham Palace in BG. TLS horse-drawn Royal Coaches passing camera, British cars driving into circle in BG. Panning TLS British adults crowding, resting on bench in Hyde Park. LSs Westminster Abbey. LS/TLSs St. Paul's Cathedral, dome. LS Tower of London; MS Beefeater guard talking with tourists; TLS Tower of London.
Traditional England
FI TLS two young white women riding bicycles toward camera, along road in Stratford-on-Avon (street scene). Panning TLS central square, green delivery truck passing cam, Old Thatch Tavern in BG, young white woman on bicycle riding past three young white men, two of whom wear British military uniforms. LS/TLSs Tudor home, birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, tourists walking in FG. Rear view MS two white boys fishing in Avon River. TLSs cottage of Anne Hathaway, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon. TLS young white couple taking romantic walking stroll along scenic path. Panning TLS Tudor houses, cars parked on street. Tilting TLS childhood home of Catherine Rogers, mother of John Howard. LS Holy Trinity church (BG), tour boat sailing on Avon (MG), two boys fishing (FG). MS street signs indicating mileage to Birmingham, Oxford, Banbury, Broadway. TLS two white boys riding bicycles replete with wicker front baskets along path through Shakespearean village, toward cam. Rear view TLS man riding motorcycle through village, passing two women with baby stroller (pram), tilt-pan left to thatch roof house.
Traditional England
FI LS/TLSs Warwick Castle (medieval castle): high walls, towers, etc. MS street intersection sign showing miles to Stow on the Wold, Burford, Broadway, Evesham, Luckley, etc. LS scenic Cotswold Hills countryside-- tres English. LS/TLSs The Ship Inn tavern. Scenic TLS wind whipping through yellow vegetation in countryside.
Traditional England
FI CU copy of "Lorna Doone" by Richard Blackmore (R.D. Blackmore) on table beside idle smoking pipe. High angle LS scenic green moorland in Exmore, Southern England. TLS medieval St. Mary The Virgin church in Oare, Exmore, England, flanked by flowers & trees. MS older white male Oare parson on Exmore pony, shaking hands w/ like-aged white man by brook; parson rides horse out of frame. TLS parson using cane to indicate window from which Carver Doone shot Lorna Doone. TLS scenic babbling brook in valley. Tilting LS rocks of Cheddar Gorge, where Augustus Toplady wrote the hymn, "Rock of Ages."
Traditional England
FI MS handcrafted sign hanging outside tavern, Glastonbury, England: "Ye Olde Pilgrimnes Inne." LS/TLSs ruins of Glastonbury Abbey. FO/FI MS white horse leaning head over barbed wire fence, village street in Tintagel, England. Panning high angle LS ruins of Tintagel castle, aka King Arthur's castle, atop mountain. FO/FI LS scenic Cornish fishing village, boy & girl walking into weeds on screen right. TLS tourists walking along narrow street between houses. TLS brown water trickling along narrow passway between houses. TLS picturesque painted window, flowerbox of house in Cornish village. LS idle boats in water, granite houses in BG, seagulls flying across scene.
Traditional England
FI high angle LS street scene in York, England: automobile traffic, pedestrians, Britsol double decker bus, ancient walls, York Minster (Yorkminster) Cathedral. TLS ancient medieval wall in York. Tilting TLS pub, pedestrians. LS/TLSs Gothic York Minster Cathedral; panning TLS boards over empty archways, where stained glass is being restored following end of WWII hostilities. MS/TLSs bearded white male bishop riding on horse through streets, children running after. FO/FI "The End" card.