| IT MUST RUN IN THE FAMILY (aka LIKE FATHER LIKE SON) An entire family of steeplejacks, including young son Dennis. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5337 |
| Catalog #: | 242627 | |
| Clip Number: | 242627-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1286 | |
| Timecode: | 01:02:29 - 01:04:05 | |
| Location: | Folkestone, Kent | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Working LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent OCCUPATIONS: Steeplejack | |
| Description: | Like Father, like Son! Climbing Church Spires has no terrors for little Dennis Green - 10 years old son of well-known local Steeplejack, William Green. Folkestone, Kent. M/S of a boy - Dennis - hanging from a ladder leaning on a church wall, a man - William - tugs at a thick safety belt attached to the boys waist, a woman (Dennis's mother) watches. Dennis starts to climb the ladder. L/S of two figures climbing the tall spire of a church. Various M/Ss of the small figure of young Dennis reaching the top of the spire to touch the weather cock, wave at the camera and dangling from the ladder by one arm. "Mother, Father & Son, Steeplejack all!" Low angled M/S of Mrs. Green, William and Dennis waving at the camera from the ladder secured to the spire. Low angled L/S of the steeplejack family climbing down the ladder. Low angled shot of the family balancing by one arm from the ladder attached to the outside wall of the church. C/U of the Green family. | |
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