Tower of London Skeleton

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2472

Date Released

17 Oct 1976

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Variety Club Honour Danny La Rue
2. 2Hares Invade Airport
3. 3Baby Gorilla Weighs-In
4. 4Forestry Machinery Demonstration
5. 5Tower of London Skeleton
6. 6High Speed Train

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skeleton at the Tower. DESCRIPTION: An archaeological dig at the Tower of London discovered a 1900 year old skeleton of a young man. SHOTLIST: GV Tower of London and surrounding area. MLS Tower of London. MS excavation works at Tower. MS skeleton at bottom of a sixteen foot pit with a man going down a ladder to look at skeleton. MCU skull of skeleton. CU face of skeleton. MS man looking at skeleton. MS works at Tower. Pan and tilt to pit where skeleton is. CU foot and part of leg of skeleton. MCU skull of skeleton. MCU man dusting ash away from skeleton. MS ditto. MCU skull of skeleton.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; History and archaeology

Locations

London

Card file number

76/176

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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