| SWAN UPPING Vintners and Dyers mark cygnets according to ownership on the River Thames. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7169 |
| Catalog #: | 22601 | |
| Clip Number: | 22601-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 470 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:47 - 01:13:44 | |
| Location: | River Thames. | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/BIRDS: Swans ANIMALS/GENERAL: Baby Animals ANIMALS/GENERAL: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | SWAN UPPING Vintners and Dyers mark cygnets according to ownership on the River Thames Shepperton (?), River Thames. Various shots of men of the Vintners and Dyers Company rowing along in boats on the River Thames. As part of a traditional ceremony, the two companies pick up cygnets and mark them according to which company they belong to. MLS Vintners rowing along river. LS Vintners and Dyers encorcling swans. M.Vintners and Dyers encircling swans and lfiting swans into boat. MCS.Uniformed Dyer looking on. MS Two men in striped jerseys marking cygnets. CS.Vint- ner's flat. MS Placing swan back into water - it swims off rapidly. MCS.Cygnet being placed back in water. LS Bintners and Dyers rowing upstream. MCS.Cygnets swimming near bank. MLS Boats rowing upstream. MLS Dyers' boat. MLS Boats wainting in Shepperton Lock. & MS MS Two men opening lock gates. MS Water filling lock. MLS Boats ris- ing. CS.Dyers' flat - pan to one of men in striped jerseys. MS Swans swimming along. CS.Swan. LS Boats travelling up- stream. MLS Boats jemming in swans and cygnets to the bank. MCS.Men attempting to catch cygnet. & MLS MS White flag with E II R. CS.Swan. MLS Dyers rowing away. | |
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