Vigil at Weston

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2053

Date Released

7 Oct 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1More Room for Justice
2. 2Newmarket - Win for Builders
3. 3Today - in St Paul’s
4. 4Greece Says Yes
5. 5Instant Families
6. 6Vigil at Weston

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vigil at Weston Over. DESCRIPTION: At last - the vigil is over. 28 year old John James throws his gun through the window and the Police move in. This was the climax to the siege of Weston-under-Redcastle, in which the lives of a wife and four children have been in jeopardy for sixteen agonising days of waiting. SHOTLIST: Scenes of the capture of John James. Various scenes of police and press waiting around the cottage. James’s brother Michael James, sister Dorothy and his mother-in-law go into cottage. Scenes as his sister Dorothy throws shot-gun out of window. The police rush the cottage and James’s wife and children hustled out to safety. Then finally John James himself led to police van.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Weapons; Crime

Locations

United Kingdom; Shropshire; Wester-under-Redcastle

Card file number

93991

Credits:

Commentator

John Braban

Camera

Keith Medley

Length of story (in feet)

150

Story extras:

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