Yearning for Yesterday

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1777A

Date Released

27 Jun 1963

Date submitted

22 Jun 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wimbledon - A Shock at the Start
2. 2The End of His Tether
3. 3Artist Takes Root
4. 4Yearning for Yesterday

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Yearning for Yesterday. DESCRIPTION: With Tower Bridge as a backdrop, members of the English Folk Dance and Song Society hold a festival to celebrate Midsummer’s Day. Another event which gave full rein to nostalgia was a coaching marathon in Dorset. Eight old-time coaches, recalling the days when horsepower wasn’t packed away beneath a bonnet - when, driving was the art of controlling a four-in-hand. Finishing point, the Royal Counties Showground near Poole. The trophy goes to the team driven by Sir Dymoke White of Hampshire. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Members of the English Folk Dancing Team dancing (2 shots). MS young man and girl dancing (2 shots). MS people dancing. MS man dressed as a horse. MS little girls dancing. MS very little boy and girl dancing. MS men dancing. MS boys and girls dancing. GV people dancing. MS coach drawn by horse past camera. BS horses. BS drivers of coach. MS man blowing trumpet. MS cows in field. BS horses. MS coach along road. MCU man and woman. MS coach under bridge. MS same along road. MS same under archway. TS same along road. BS horses. GV same past camera. MLS grounds of the Poole-Bournemouth Show. MS coach lines up with others. MS winning coach driven by Sir Dymoke White of Hampshire receives cup. CU horse’s head. To celebrate Midsummer-Night, the English Folk Dance and Song Society held an open-air festival. Eight old-time coaches - some of the few serviceable four-in-hands left in the country, competed in the Royal Counties show coaching class at Knighton, Poole of which the Earl of Shaftesbury is the President.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Customs and traditions; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies

Locations

London; Dorset; Poole; Tower Hill

Card file number

86786

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

209

Story extras:

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