| STUDENTS TRAIN AT YEOMEN Students visit Tower of London to rehearse opera 'Yeoman of the Guard'. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5034 |
| Catalog #: | 365013 | |
| Clip Number: | 365013-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/99 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Opera ENTERTAINMENT/THEATER: Misc | |
| Description: | STUDENTS AT TOWER OF LONDON TO REHEARSE OPERA YEOMEN OF THE GUARD University of London Opera Group prepare for a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Yeoman of the Guard" by visiting the Tower of London; some of them learn from the real Yeomen while the rest soak up the atmosphere. London. A student dressed as the executioner (all in black; with a mask) walks back and forth with a big ancient axe like he's scheduled to behead somebody. LS Group of students; in costume; on the grounds of the Tower. CU students dressed as Yeomen of the Guard; or Beefeaters. L/S students practising for play in Tower of London grounds. Various shots as students dressed in uniform of Yeoman of the Guard are inspected. The real Chief Yeoman walks down the row "reviewing the troops". CU Boy with chunky plastic glasses dressed as Yeoman; looking solemn. C/U one of the students. M/S as one of the chief Yeomen of the Guard adjusts a student's hat. C/U as Yeoman gives an order. M/S and C/U students start to march. The student Yeomen walking back and forth in lines. Girls dressed in Elizabethan costumes with laced bodices; etc. Various shots other students in costume chatting. Guy in odd peasant sort of outfit acting like the Village Idiot; a fake Yeoman in BG. Boy in beret in FG talking. Pan over bunch of students in historical costumes--even a court jester. | |
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