Bridewell Palace Excavation

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2543

Date Released

26 Feb 1978

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cyclo-Cross
2. 2Bridewell Palace Excavation
3. 3Charity Greyhound Race Meeting
4. 450th Anniversary of Speedway

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bridewell Palace Excavation. DESCRIPTION: The remains of Henry the VIII’s Palace at Bridewell was uncovered recently by developers. Archaeologists are racing against time to excavate the site. SHOTLIST: GV Fleet Street. MCU sign ‘Fleet Street’. GV bridge from Fleet Street - St. Paul’s in background. CU sign City of London - Bridewell Palace EC4. GV street and site of Palace. GV excavation site, MS ditto - people scraping round foundations. Various shots of people doing excavations on site. GV site.

Keywords

History and archaeology

Locations

London

Card file number

78/26

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

110

Story extras:

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