| ITS AN OLD ROMANY CUSTOM Romany Gipsies are forced to leave camp and move to modern houses - they are not happy. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5513 |
| Catalog #: | 254531 | |
| Clip Number: | 254531-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/8 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:30 - 01:19:53 | |
| Location: | Guildford, Surrey, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Misc. BUILDINGS: Houses, Unusual CULTURAL GROUPS: Gypsies (Romany) DEMOLITION: Buildings HABITATS, HUMAN: Unusual LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Surrey | |
| Description: | "Nr Guildford IT'S AN OLD ROMANY CUSTOM - homes burnt as Gipsy families abandon their encampment for modern dwellings." Guildford, Surrey. Several shots of the children taking their belongings out of the small wooden houses in the woods. Woman's voice tells the boys to hurry up. A couple of sad shots of a small girl holding her cat in her arms, then giving it to a man who is loading the things on a cart. Man starts the fire - gypsies watch their camp burning. Multiple shots of burning dwellings. A man (reporter off screen) interviews a woman with a child in her arms - she is surrounded by children. She answers his questions. She lived in this area for all her life, she has 11 children and now she is forced into moving to Walton on Thames. They were promised work but she is suspicious. Natural sound only. | |
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