Trial of the Pyx

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1865

Date Released

1 Mar 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1All Mod Con in the Tropics
2. 2Maturing in the Wood. (Barrel Home and Tree House)
3. 3The Face of Christ?
4. 4Trial of the Pyx
5. 5Snogometer

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trial of the Pyx. DESCRIPTION: The Queen’s Remembrancer, Master Claude Grundy, Senior Master of the Law Courts, addresses the jury at the trial. The trial is the examination of coins from the Royal Mint. Members of the Goldsmiths’ Company make sure that they’re of the right weight and the correct metal. This ceremony is one of the oldest in the land, going back almost 800 years. SHOTLIST: GV jury of goldsmiths. CU Claude Grundy. MS judge and jury all standing. MS judge leaving the hall. CU money bags being taken from the pyx. MS money bags being handed out to the jury. CU jury member checking bag. CU ditto. CU jury members hands as he counts the money. CU member of the jury. CU jury member counting. CU ditto. MS man using bullion measure. CU weights of the bullion measure. CU measure. CU man’s hand taking money from one bowl and placing into 2nd. CU the weights. CU the measure. CU man’s hand placing money into the 2nd bowl. CU money being poured from bag into the 1st bowl.

Keywords

Customs and traditions

Locations

London

Card file number

89413

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

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