| VILLAGE OBSERVATORY The sights and people of Thaxted, including a vicar with a telescope and observatory in the garden. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6033 |
| Catalog #: | 23257 | |
| Clip Number: | 23257-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 328 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:59 - 01:15:03 | |
| Location: | Thaxted in Essex | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HABITATS, HUMAN: Rural Village INDUSTRY: Textiles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex SCENICS: Villages SCIENCE: Astronomy, Observatories & Planetariums | |
| Description: | VILLAGE OBSERVATORY The sights and people of Thaxted, including a vicar with a telescope and observatory in the garden. Various shots of the village of Thaxted in Essex; the high street; the Recorder's House and the 15th Century Guildhall show the village's timbered architecture. We see weaver Arthur Caton at work on a loom as we hear he produces ties by the traditional method; M/S of a rack of woven ties on a windowsill. Kate Butters, who works with Arthur, is seen carding some wool then spinning it on a wheel. Various shots of The Reverend Putterill, Vicar of Thaxted's church, who is also a keen astronomer; he is seen fixing a camera to the telescope in his observatory, a little shed-like room in the vicarage gardens. The vicar operated the time exposure on the camera as we hear he has developed a remarkable technique for photographing the wonders of outer space. C/Us of his black and white photos in an album of the moon and the Andromeda Galaxy - truly amazing! L/S and M/S of the disused windmill at Thaxted. On a country lane we see the vicar looking through his telescope at the church in the background. C/Us of the spire as if from the telescope, as commentator says with the use of his telescope, the Reverend Putterill discovered a severe crack in the spire. C/U of the vicar peering through the lens. | |
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