Learning on ScreenBattle of Waterloo
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Waterloo. DESCRIPTION: A new parlour game, set on the battlefield of Waterloo, that has its own memories of the past. SHOTLIST: GV village of Braine L’Allend, roughly centre of battle field. GV Battle of Waterloo Museum. Angle shot sign on building. SV portrait of Napoleon near door of Museum, plaque above Muses de L’Empereur. CU portrait. GV kids at museum entrance. SCU pan along model soldiers. GV pan battle field. SV three Scots Pipers playing on battle field. CU piper playing. CU another piper. GV battle field pull back and pan to descendants of main characters of battle playing Campaign sitting at table under sunshade in middle of field. 2 soldiers in period dress standing by. CU French soldier. SV game being played (England, right). CU French player shaking dice. CU pieces being moved on board. LV game in progress. LV Le Lion monument built to commemorate battle, zoom back to GV showing restaurant at bottom of hill. Angle shot name on restaurant Les Allies. SCU sign souvenirs. SV interior pan round various souvenirs. CU model cannon marked 1050 Fr. SV old cannon. Angle shot sign Cinema les Allies. CU picture of battle.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; History and archaeology
- Locations
- Belgium
- Card file number
- 98226
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 113
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