Irish Movietone: The Monks of St Honorat Monastery

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1083A
Date Released
9 Mar 1950
Date submitted
2 Mar 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Parliament Opened
  2. 1Irish Movietone: Physical Culture Demonstration in Dublin (Irish Reel)
  3. 2Ideal Home Exhibition
  4. 2Irish Movietone: The Monks of St Honorat Monastery
  5. 3Their Majesties Welcome French Visitors

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Section Title
Irish Movietone
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Monks of St Honorat Monastery - Mute. DESCRIPTION: The monastery is situated near Cannes in the South of France. The monks work in the fields, the forge and at many other tasks. SHOTLIST: KS. GV Monastery surrounded by sea. Various shots of monastery, shows monks walk through cloisters; Looking through iron bars out to sea. CU names of monks over their doors. Monks in procession. Working the fields, ploughing etc. Working at the anvil, hammering. Sawing wood. In the orchard, picking fruit. In the distillery, wine making. In large hall taking their seats for meals. Seated at long table. MS picture of the "Last Supper". CU Window with "Dieu Siel".
Keywords
Religion and belief
Locations
Cannes
Footage sources
France
Card file number
53321
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
200
Story extras:
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