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News in Colour: Queen Mother Opens Avon Canal

Date released

4 Jul 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2352A

NoS ID

030399

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mother Opens Upper Avon Canal Colour. DESCRIPTION: The Queen Mother reopens the River Avon between Stratford and Evesham, linking it with 2000 miles of Inland Waterways. SHOTLIST:...

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Claverton Pump (1979 Video)

Director

Mark Price

Producer

N D C Harris

Subject

Archaeology; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 15 min.

Describes the history and operation of the Claverton pumping engine, built in 1813 to pump water from the River Avon up to the Kennet and Avon canal near Bath. This was reputedly the largest water driven...

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Shakespeare Land (1910 Film)

Travelogue. Street scenes in Leamington Spa, Kenilworth Castle, Guys Cliff Mill, Warwick, Warwick Castle and Stratford-upon Avon. Shots of Anne Hathaway’s cottage, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre,...

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Will by Pablo Fetches a Thousand

Date released

7 Oct 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1896A

NoS ID

026172

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Will By Pablo Fetches a Thousand. DESCRIPTION: At Stratford-upon-Avon an auction of the Shakespeare Memorial Exhibition which makes up over ninety items. SHOTLIST: GV...

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Fishy Business

Date released

17 Dec 1934

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

247

NoS ID

123177

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Rivers don’t contain an inexhaustible supply of fish, so these nets are be... preparatory to hauling a nice catch to re-stock the River Avon.

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Shakespeare re-visits Stratford-on-Avon -

Date released

5 Jan 1922

Series name

Around The Town

Issue no

110

NoS ID

330020

Story no

1 / 6

Summary - the "Will Shakespeare" company visiting Stratford-upon-Avon. NoS synopsis: ‘Shakespeare re-visits Stratford-on-Avon-' intertitle with a cartoon of Shakespeare on the right hand side and a car on...

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Our Wonderful Climate

Date released

5 May 1932

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

190

NoS ID

138753

Story no

1 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Vast areas flooded, due to overflow of River Avon following heavy rains.

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Stratford Upon Avon

Date released

1960

Series name

Looking At Britain

Issue no

9

NoS ID

326935

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: A glimpse of an English market-town of Stratford Upon Avon, on the banks of the River Avon in the county of Warwickshire, where thousands of visitors come every year to honour the memory of...

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Heavy Rain Floods West Countryside

Date released

5 May 1932

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

152A

NoS ID

003603

Story no

3 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heavy Rain Floods West Countryside. DESCRIPTION: River Avon’s swollen waters invade Melksham village and play havoc with Wiltshire crops. SHOTLIST: Swollen river flowing under bridge....

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Heavy Rain Floods West Countryside

Date released

2 May 1932

Series name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue no

118A

NoS ID

000874

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heavy Rain Floods West Countryside. DESCRIPTION: River Avon’s swollen waters invade Melksham village and play havoc with Wiltshire crops. SHOTLIST: Swollen river flowing under bridge....

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