Learning on ScreenSpring Equinox
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spring Equinox. DESCRIPTION: On Tower Hill beside All Hallows Church, members of the Groves of the Ancient Druid Order celebrate the ‘Spring Equinox’ (when Spring breathes new life into the dead Winter and barren earth becomes green again). SHOTLIST: GV Tower Hill with Tower of London in back ground. GV All Hallows Church, Tower Hill. GV druids entering the stone paved garden of church headed by a druid holding a sword. SV ditto as they form a circle. SCU pan druid carrying ceremonial sword. SV crowd watching. LV druids carrying a banner forming circle. CU pan down from banner to girls. SV druids formed in circle. SV one of the druids standing in centre of circle blowing a large horn. SV crowds watching. SV druid standing in centre of circle performing ceremonial sheathing of the sword and declaration of peace. CU druid watching. SV pan as the Lady of Spring brings into the circle the Ancient Horn of Plenty. SV pan a druid walking in a circle dropping liquid from the Horn of Plenty. SV druids watching. GV seeds being scattered on ground so that the Spring sowing may be blessed. SV line of druids holding hands. GV pan all the druids ditto.
- Keywords
- Religion and belief
- Locations
- London; Tower Hill
- Card file number
- 98961
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 98
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