House of Pipes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2291
Date Released
30 Apr 1973
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Australian PM
  2. 2Half Tanker Launched
  3. 3Building by Helicopter
  4. 4Motor Vehicle Museum
  5. 5Rr Gas Bus
  6. 6House of Pipes

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: House of Pipes. DESCRIPTION: The world’s first museum of Smokiana - the House of Pipes - at Bramber, Sussex. On display pipes of all shapes and sizes, some valued from two to seven hundred and fifty pounds. SHOTLIST: GV exterior Pipe Museum. CU sign The House Of Pipes. SV sign Anthony Irving’s House of Pipes Exhibition. GV interior showcase with selection of painted porcelain pipes. CU pan showing various pipes in showcase. CU pair of heads with earrings Meerschaum pipes. CU head of pipe costing £300. CU another costing £200. CU Irving smoking a Meerschaum pipe. CU ditto with smoke coming out of bowl. CU 1850 German pipe. CU pan up 1830 Austrian hand carved pipe. CU most expensive pipe in collection, showing a cat attacking, worth about £1,000. GV various pipes in showcase. SV zoom into skull head pipe worth £1,000. CU largest pipe in world, zoom back to Irving on roof smoking pipe. LV Irving smoking largest pipe.
Keywords
Curiosities; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Sussex; Bramber
Card file number
99030
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
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