| ELIZABETHAN BANQUET An Elizabethan banquet for diners at the Kensington Gore Hotel. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6077 |
| Catalog #: | 108617 | |
| Clip Number: | 108617-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 646 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:27 - 01:07:27 | |
| Location: | Kensington, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Historical (Pre 1900) FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Banquets FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Unusual LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | ELIZABETHAN BANQUET An Elizabethan banquet for diners at the Kensington Gore Hotel. Kensington, London. At the Gore Hotel we see serving wenches preparing the Elizabethan banquet hall for diners; they set the tables, light candles, pour drinks and light the fire. MS Loving cups on table girl picks up cups and starts to lay them on table. MS Girls laying plates and cups. MS Girl comes into picture and lays ot cutlery. MS Girl lights candle. MS Girl pouring out mead pan up to show girl. CU Her legs as she lays out cups. MS Girl lighting fire. MS Girl. CU Fire. Cut to the hall full of guests (in modern dress) who sit around the tables; the wenches tie serviettes around the male diners' necks then bring in the food. MS People sitting down at table. MS Other people having napkin put on. MS Wench putting on napkin. LS People drinking toast. CU Ditto. MS Waitress bringing in soup. Several shots of the authentic 16th century dishes and the people eating. MS People drinking soup out of bowl. CU Pheasant. CU Lobster pie. CU Smoked salmon. MS Boars head and meat on dish. C.S. Carving roast beef. MS Wench walks out of picture. MS Wenches serving beef. MS Man feeding woman. CU Dish of meat and vegetables. A man pinches the bottom of a serving wench; she squeals and waggles her finger at the culprit. Another wench places a gold crown on a man's head. MS Troubador. CU Wench serving syllabub. MS Wench serving syllabub to King. The wenches hand out clay pipes and hold candles to light them for diners; an old couple try some snuff and sneeze (not very convincingly!).MS Wench dips pipe in wine and lights up pipe for woman she dips pipe in wine and gives it to man. MS Woman lighting mans pipe. CU Man watching. MS Suckling pig on table. MS Man and woman taking snuff. MLS Table. MS King and Queen wench comes into picture and drinks wine with King and kisses him. | |


