| IT'S SWISS FORTNIGHT Londoners celebrate all things Swiss - watches, edelweiss, crossbows and chocolate. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5825 | |
| Catalog #: | 520649 | |
| Clip Number: | 520649-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 59/81 | |
| Timecode: | 01:32:31 - 01:33:42 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CLOCKS: Wristwatch FESTIVALS: Cultural FOOD: Candy LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 38755 IT'S SWISS FORTNIGHT Londoners celebrate all things Swiss - watches, edelweiss, crossbows and chocolate. London. Various shots two girls outside Park Lane House in Swiss national costume, they pin edelweiss to passer-by's lapels. Interior of Park Lane House: people looking at Swiss watches on show. C/U watches in glass case. C/U diamond encrusted watch. C/U people looking at tray of watches. Various extreme C/Us of watches on a tray, a woman's fingers points at them. Amongst them are the smallest watch in the world, identical his and her watches and a watch built into a Victoria imitation £5 piece. M/S archery expert August Hollenstein showing group of Chelsea Pensioners a Swiss crossbow. Panning C/U pensioners. C/U Mr. Hollenstein loading the crossbow. Back view as Hollenstein fires the bow. C/U target as arrow hits it. Interior of ward at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital: the Swiss Ambassador hands out chocolate to the sick children. C/U small boy being given chocolate. C/U Peter von Bergen aged 10 in Swiss costume and Doris Schaffeur handing chocolate to six year old Alan John White of Stepney who is in bed. C/U Ambassador. C/U Alan White eating chocolate - most of it is smeared around his mouth. | |
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