Dig Those Druids

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1673

Date Released

26 Jun 1961

Date submitted

22 Jun 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Eyes on the Stars
2. 2On with the Job
3. 3Dig Those Druids
4. 4Highlights from Lord’s

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dig Those Druids. DESCRIPTION: Teenagers came to 3,000-year-old Stonehenge to greet the sun rise on the year’s longest day, and to make a night of it and dig those Druids. Don’t know why they pick on Stonehenge. There’s no evidence that this ancient place was ever a Druid Temple! SHOTLIST: LS teenagers standing on top of stone pillars. Various shots of teenage crowd. Shots of druids arriving. Druids in a circle surrounded by teenagers. Druid blowing long horn. Teenagers jeering druids.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Religion and belief

Locations

Salisbury Plain; Stonehenge

Card file number

82725

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Michael Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

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