Shakespeare Memorial Theatre

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

759-1

Date Released

11 Mar 1926

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1National Hunt ‘Chase
2. 2And Now the Ladies!
3. 3Lenglens of Badminton
4. 4Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
5. *Prince of Wales in Ayrshire

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Destroyed at Stratford-on-Avon in its Jubilee Year." The damaged building. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "But nothing can destroy ‘Immortal Will’". Tilt up from base of pedestal to statue of Shakespeare with ruined theatre in background. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Twisted steel". Twisted girder inside theatre. Scene inside theatre, papers fluttering about. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Charred documents". Scene inside theatre with paper, debris and girders everywhere. Close shot of Shakespeare statue.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Accidents and disasters

Length of story (in feet)

56

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

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