Just an Old English Custom

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1817A
Date Released
2 Apr 1964
Date submitted
27 Mar 1964
Date submitted
30 Mar 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Goodwood - Lucky Jim!
  2. 2Just an Old English Custom
  3. 3Meriel Weds Adrian
  4. 4Alaska - Ordeal by Earthquake
  5. *Scottish Cup Semi-Finals - Rangers Through
  6. *Scottish Cup Semi-Finals - Dundee for the Final

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Just An Old English Custom!. DESCRIPTION: The feud between Hallaton and Medbourne in Leicestershire has been going on for 6 centuries. And every year, fortified by a giant hare pie, the villagers gather their forces for the time-honoured battle, called The Hallaton Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking, the bottles being three kegs of beer. Starting from a point midway between the villages, the idea is to see which side can scrummage two of the barrels back across their own boundaries. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Medbourne Road. LS church at Medbourne. LS Hallaton Road. GV church in Hallaton. MS crowds. MCU hare pie distributed. GV man eating piece of hare pie. GV crowds and men carrying barrels. CU crowds follow. CU man throws barrel in the air. CU scramble for barrel. CU same. GV man dragged away from scramble. CU crowd. ES man lying on ground. GV crowd over hedge and into field. GV scramble in field. CU same. GV same. LS Medbourne crowd gain barrel. GV pan Medbourne man running with barrel. CU little girl watching. GV man with barrel over fence. CU another running with barrel. CU man throws barrel into Medbourne field. GV crowd. LAS man holds barrel while up a monument. GV same.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Food and cooking; Customs and traditions
Locations
Leicestershire; Hallaton
Card file number
88117
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
129
Story extras:
Film clip

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