Elgar’s Country - Worcestershire

Issue No.

201

Date Released

8 Feb 1940

Stories in this Issue:

Story No. within this Issue: 5 / 5
Summary: SHOTLIST: 1. GV across fields. 14 ft. 2. CU Elgar conducting. 10 ft. 3. GV of wooded lanes. 10 ft. 4. GV exterior of the house where Elgar was born. 20 ft. 5. GV St George’s Church Broadheath where Elgar’s father was organist. [Footage length illegible, possibly 20 ft]. 6. GV across the rolling Malvern Hills. 9 ft. 7. GV Birchwood Lodge where Elgar lived. 20 ft. 8. Good GVs of London showing Thames and Houses of Parliament, Lambeth Palace and street scenes. 19 ft. 9. Various shots of orchestra rehearsing in the Albert Hall. 20 ft. 10. GV across the river Severn at Worcester. 10 ft. 11. GV Worcester Cathedral. 10 ft. 12. Various shots of Elgar’s house and gardens at Worcester with Cathedral visible in distance across the garden. 20 ft. 13. MSs of two stallions pulling a farm cart along country lane. 20 ft. 14. Various shots of orchestra playing. 12 ft. 15. GVs exterior of the house that Elgar bought, Marlbank, and where he lived for the rest of his life. 20 ft. 16. Elgar conducting. 25 ft. 17. Various shots of the interior of Elgar’s house showing his personal collection of photographs and his desk. 20 ft. 18. Good GVs across the hills near Broadheath, Worcs. 36 ft.
Keywords: Buildings and structures; Music and dance
Pathe Library No.: 201
Story extras:: Film clip

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