| BILL GRUNDY LOOKS AT AYLESBURY Suburban Overspill in Aylesbury | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8251 |
| Catalog #: | 125010 | |
| Clip Number: | 125010-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4564 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:06 - 01:07:50 | |
| Location: | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1972 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CITY PLANNING: Misc. HABITATS, HUMAN: Suburban LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SCENICS: Suburban | |
| Description: | Shots of old part of town again...pan on old square. CU and MS statue of John Hampden. MS old buildings. CU Grundy talking about English Civil War, sitting in King's Head pub in a chair supposedly sat upon by Cromwell. Shots of exterior and interior of the 15th century pub. Old guns and swords hanging on wall in pub. The pub is National Trust property and therefore safe from desecration by developers. Upstairs bedroom used by Cromwell, with a spyhole to look down at the bar room. Travelling shot along houses and industrial estate, housing estates etc. Tracking shots down streets of new residential houses, also light industry and commercial buildings. Various good shots traffic free shopping precincts and landscaped parks in the town. Grundy in new shopping mall, with statues of ducks, kids playing on the duck statues. MS flowers in marketplace. GVs old marketplace area w/ clocktower etc. MS and CU statue of Benjamin Disraeli in front of Midland Bank. Another view of Grundy in front of the architectural monstrosity seen earlier. CU as Grundy speaks, pan back from church to show town and marketplace. GV looking over city. | |
WPA FILM LIBRARY
