| CHANGING FACE OF LONDON An item about modern buildings in London and a country holiday for shire horses. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6041 |
| Catalog #: | 1579 | |
| Clip Number: | 1579-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 394 | |
| Timecode: | 01:45:17 - 01:50:52 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | AERIALS: Urban BUILDINGS: Urban CITY PLANNING: Urban Renewal LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SCENICS: Urban TRANSPORTATION: Horse Drawn | |
| Description: | CHANGING FACE OF LONDON An item about modern buildings in London and a country holiday for shire horses. LS London River Thames with train in f.g. crossing bridge camera pans to show part of the new city. LS Long low angle shot of new building. LS Showing buildings at back of river man comes into frame and looks across river. LS London scene St. Paul's in b.g. River and new buildings in f.g. Camera pans down to show new buildings. MCS. Man with binoculars to eyes looking across river at buildings beyond. LS London scene camera pans across to show LS of Buckingham Palace surrounded by green trees. Low angle MS Sun-dial on wall camera pans down to show two horses coming from doorway pulling cart laden with barrels of beer. MCS. Horses pulling wagon. Shot taken from wagon shows back of horses pulling wagon. LS Horses pulling cart with new building in b.g. MCS. Part of demolished wall with Oxford Sq. written on side camera pans and shows ruins of buildings. MLS Another ruined building. Low angle LS Shows side of half-demolished building. LS Shows partly demolished building with planks of wood stacked outside car parked in b.g. Camera pans up to show workmen on top of wall. LS Shows ruins in f.g. with new buildings in b.g. Low angle MS Ruins with broken windows etc. camera pans down to show door with cross chalked on. MS Shows partly demolished wall with bull-dozer coming into frame and pulling down rest of wall. Low angled MS shows driver of beer cart holding horse reins. MCS. Shows back of man driving dray through streets where old buildings are situated. MS Shows bulldozer again demolishing wall and camera pans to top of building wall. MCS. Shows horses pulling dray coming through courtyard they turn and go out of picture. LS Shows horses pulling up by waiting men man grabs horse's reins man gets down from dray and walks towards waiting man at front with horses. MLS Man leading horse between shafts while driver leads second horse out of shafts they line up horses to await arrival of blacksmith. MCS. Blacksmith coming to front of horse picks up foreleg and places it on a small tripod. CS. Blacksmith placing horse's hoof on tripod and picking up hammer and other tool he starts chipping away at nails on hoof. MCS. Dray driver holding horse's head. CU Younger blacksmith pulling horseshoe off horse's hoof. CU Blacksmith's face. CU Blacksmith with large pincers finally removing shoe. LS Workman with pick-axe working on top of wall. MCS. Older blacksmith with horse's hoof between knees pulling off horse-shoe. MLS Three workmen f.g. pulling on wire which is attached to tottering wall. Low angled MS Wire attached to wall. LS Wall moving slightly. MCS. Workmen tugging on wire. MCS. Truck driver putting name plate which has Sinner on it into rack on side of lorry. He moves away and shows another plate which has Saint written on it. MLS Driver walking from side of truck and getting inside cabin. He drives wagon away. LS Wall moving slightly. MCS. Bull dozer with driver tugging at wall. LS Horse dray pulling up stops and driver and mate jump down and go to side of wagon. MCS. Driver's mate taking pin out of door of wagon. MLS Man lowers ramp at side of wagon walks up ramp and opens wagon doors. LS Man leading horses down ramp. LS Shows field with trees and man comes into frame leading horse. LS Shows driver leading other horse from wagon and following other man with horse into field. LS Shows swaying wall. MCS. Shows bulldozer with driver tugging at wall. LS Shows wall finally giving way and hitting ground in a cloud of dust. MLS Shows horses kicking and running away joyfully into distance. LS Shows horses galloping around field. (2 Shots). LS Horses galloping away into distance. | |


