Learning on ScreenMind Your Manors!
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mind Your Manors!. DESCRIPTION: Queen Boadicea set fire to Colchester, and they gave her a statue on Westminster Bridge. But the man who caused the recent blaze of publicity for this ancient town will be remembered only for his loss of manors. He is 80 year old John Beaumont who has just auctioned off some of the titles he inherited from his grandfather. In all, ten lordships of the manor were up for sale. The price you’ve got to pay to put a title on your visiting card: more than one thousand pounds! SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV street (2 shots). CU deeds of manors. CU sale notice. CU sale catalogue. CU John Beaumont (who sold the titles). MCU auctioneer. CU deeds of Wakes Hall Manor. MS auctioneer. MS crowd. MS zoom in auctioneer. MS crowd. CU auctioneer. GV village green. LA telegraph pole. MCU pillar box. MCU auctioneer. GV auction hall. MCU man in crowd. CU same. MCU auctioneer. GV village green.
- Keywords
- Shops and shopping
- Locations
- Essex; Colchester
- Card file number
- 88909
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Ronald E. Collins
- Length of story (in feet)
- 182
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