| DISCOVERING ENGLAND Scenic Views of Wiltshire & Dorset | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6706 | |
| Catalog #: | 371760 | |
| Clip Number: | 371760-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 21 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:39 - 01:47:12 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LANDMARKS: Stonehenge LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England RECREATION: Travel, Tourism, Sightseeing SCENICS: Rural / Countryside | |
| Description: | DISCOVERING ENGLAND Scenic views of south central England, villages & rural areas in Wiltshire & Dorset counties. The author Mr H. de Vere Stacpoole visits various British beauty spots including Stonehenge. England Automobile driving away on narrow tree-lined road, the roof down, luggage tied to the back. Same car approaching on another road. Woman walking along the side turns to look. In Wiltshire, wide shot long low building, w/ thatched roof and even thatched walls. Closer shot same w/ British physician & author Henry Stacpoole beside it. He reaches up and takes piece of straw from roof. Nice shot of a few rustic cottages w/ thatched roofs. Pan on mysterious ancient stone monuments at Stonehenge. Closer shot, Mr. Stacpoole strolling among the huge stones, stops & looks up. Shot looking between 2 of the stones at a small building in BG. Closer shot of bldg, a refreshment stall. Mr. Stacpoole nearby (title said he was appalled to discover this modern commercialism at prehistoric Stonehenge). A rural road curving past another thatched-roof cottage. A man walks across road & enters gate. Pony grazing in yard, light 2-wheel cart beside him. Wide shot looking down curvy road through village w/ scattered houses. 2 men are coming up the road, one pushing a little cart or wheelbarrow. Horse-drawn cart w/ boy driver approaching on another curving street. The houses here are adjoining. The car heading away down another country road, telegraph poles at left, some houses in distance. Good shot looking downhill on very very steep street in Shaftesbury, Dorset, w/ a young girl walking up hill. The houses are up against each other, crammed together. Wide shot looking from high grassy hill down at houses & trees in valley below. Shot in a park: a nun walking away past stone wall on left, a tall monument stands near a row of trees: pan rt. to more of park- -old trees, a few benches, then a view of countryside far below in BG. Beauty shots, travel, architecture, Great Britain | |
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