Crystal Palace - Then and Now

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1720
Date Released
21 May 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Crystal Palace - Then and Now
  2. 2Round and About
  3. 3Round and About
  4. 4Round and About
  5. 5Round and About
  6. 6Shoot That Mountain

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Then and Now. DESCRIPTION: Desolate terraces and balustrades are all that remain of the Crystal Palace, that Victorian landmark, designed for the 1851 Exhibition by Sir Joseph Paxton. But now, restoration of Crystal Palace as a sports and recreation centre takes a new step forward with the construction of a water garden. Now, we recall the Palace as it stood in the 1930’s. Aerial pictures taken some years before that fateful night in 1936 when it was almost totally destroyed by fire. SHOTLIST: GV The archways of the Crystal Palace. GV ditto. CU model head. GV Crystal Palace. MS grounds. statues. (3 shots) waterfalls. (3 shots) prehistoric monsters (model). TS pan Crystal Palace. (4 shots) Crystal Palace burning. MS pan wreckage of Crystal Palace. MS ditto. MS men pulling on rope. GV (2 shots) building falling down. GV tower of Crystal Palace falling down.
Keywords
Buildings and structures
Locations
London; Crystal Palace
Footage sources
Library
Movietone
Card file number
84398
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
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