| OLD CHURCH A look at Greenstead Church, one of the oldest in the country | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6031 |
| Catalog #: | 84336 | |
| Clip Number: | 84336-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 318 | |
| Timecode: | 01:35:05 - 01:36:21 | |
| Location: | near Epping Forest in Essex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Religious, Churches LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex | |
| Description: | OLD CHURCH A look at Greenstead Church, one of the oldest in the country M/Ss of two modern churches; commentator talks of them lacking the character that some of our old churches had. M/S of an old church at Greenstead, Essex. We are told that "timber from nearby Epping Forest was used in this beautiful chapel a thousand years ago", as we see C/U of the windows on the roof with carved wooden edges and decoration; tilt down to show timber panels on the side of the church. C/U of the panels; panning right to show more of the same. C/U of a hole carved in the wood so that lepers could look through and see the service (it looks too close to the ground to me; maybe they put their foot in the hole and looked through further up in the wall!). C/U of part of the carved roof; M/S of some gravestones in the ground that are overgrown with grass; tilt up to show a side door in the church. M/S of the church spire with a weather vane on the top. M/s of the church as the vicar comes out of the doorway and walks across the grass holding an historic bible; C/U of the bible which has wooden covers and a metal cross on the front. C/U of the vicar who looks to the left; C/U of a Saxon gravestone; tilt up to show a wooden cross above it where one side of the cross has broken off; commentator says it's the only known Saxon grave in the country. M/S of the church with the Saxon grave in the foreground. | |
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