Learning on ScreenSwan Upping
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swan Upping. DESCRIPTION: For 498 years, this ceremony of marking the swans on the River Thames has been carried on. The swans marked according to the previous marks on the beaks of the parents. Swan Upping is carried out by watermen on behalf of the Monarchy, The Worshipful Company of Dyers and the Worshipful Company of Vintners. SHOTLIST: GV Dyers and Vintners boats up river, Swan Upping in July 1935. CU pennant on boat GR V. CU pennant Vintners Royalty. CU swan swimming fast up river. SV boatsmen getting in cygnets with swans watching. SV marking a cygnet. SV putting cygnets back into river (2nd of 1935 sequence). SV pan Dyers and Vintners boats with crews preparing to leave for Swan Upping. SV pan boats leaving and moving up river. CU pan swan swimming. LV Vintners rowing along. CU pan Dyers rowing. LV boats surrounding swans and cygnets. CU in boat cygnet being marked. SV men in boats. CU official with large swan - feather in cap - pan down as he watches cygnet being marked. SV as boatsmen lower swans and cygnets into river, and they swim away. LV 1935 crew member about to be thrown into river. SV all men fall into river. SV men in river.
- Keywords
- Customs and traditions; Animals
- Locations
- River Thames
- Card file number
- 98300
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- John Braban
- Length of story (in feet)
- 111
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