| "JUST A LINE!" A brief history of letter writing shows us letters from Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth I from the British Museum. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7202 |
| Catalog #: | 503902 | |
| Clip Number: | 503902-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 407 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:01 - 01:14:02 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Misc. HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: 17th Century (1600) HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: Medieval Era HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: Prehistoric Eras LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MAIL: Misc. | |
| Description: | "JUST A LINE!" A brief history of letter writing shows us letters from Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth I from the British Museum. London. M/S of a woman sitting at a desk, writing a letter. M/Ss of a monk (?) in the dark ages (?) writing a letter by candlelight. M/Ss of ornately written and decorated letters from the church of this period. We then see an actress dressed as Anne Boleyn, writing at a table by candlelight. Various shots of a letter in the British Museum actually written by Boleyn. An actress dressed as Elizabeth I writes on a block held by a servant in a hood. M/S of a letter written by Queen Elizabeth I; C/U of her signature. An actress dressed as Marie Antoinette writes a letter at an ornate table; M/S of an actual letter written by Antoinette. C/U of an extract that is seen translated as "and I do not know how my rouge or my silk stockings are made." Various shots of a letter that sent Captain Alfred Dreyfus to Devil's Island in 1894. The evidence was later found to be forged. C/Us of the first woman we saw putting her letter in an envelope and licking and sealing it. M/S of a prehistoric man cutting out words on a stone block with a hammer and chisel. | |
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