Vandals Wreck Cemetery

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2185A
Date Released
22 Apr 1971
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Rugby Union Centenary
  2. 2Vandals Wreck Cemetery
  3. 3Lord Wigg Opens Epsom Underpass
  4. 4Historic Racing Cars
  5. 5Motorised Roller Karts
  6. 6Surf Sailing
  7. 7Motorised Surfboards
  8. 8Water-Ski Spectacular

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vandals Wreck Cemetery. DESCRIPTION: Vandals go on a rampage in a cemetery at Basingstoke - leaving a trail of desecration behind them. The headstones and memorials smashed up at the 170 graves will cost more than £10,000 to repair. SHOTLIST: GV exterior cemetery. GV pan graveyard with broken headstones on ground. GV line of headstones lying along path. SV tracking shot ditto. SCU 3 shots large stone crosses broken on ground. SV men re-erect cross. SCU cross on ground. CU ditto. SCU men piecing together ornate headstone of an angel and small boy. SV men re-erect angel. GV pan destroyed graveyard.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Demolition
Locations
Basingstoke; United Kingdom
Card file number
97005
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
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