Ceremony of Cheeses
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ceremony of the Cheeses. DESCRIPTION: A ceremony that dates back three hundred years is the presentation, at Christmas time, of Cheeses to the Pensioners at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. SHOTLIST: GV exterior Royal Hospital, Chelsea. MS procession of pensioners. MS cheeses on table. MCU cheese. MS Chelsea Pensioners. Mr Steven Roberts, Chairman Milk Marketing Board, speaking. CU medals on Chelsea Pensioner. MS pensioners listening. CU medals. CU pensioners listening. MCU pensioner’s medals tilt up to face. MS General Sir Charles Harrington presents English cheese. CU Leicester cheese. MS the oldest, fit pensioner PA Taber assisted by Master Cook ALR Green cuts an English cheese. MS ditto MS pensioner’s hat tilt up to toasting. MS pensioners drinking. Pan English Cheese Maiden, Heather McCombe handing round cheese. MS pensioner tastes cheese. MS Heather McCombe twirls pensioner’s moustache. MS pensioner. MS Heather hands pensioner cheese he kisses her.
- Keywords
- War veterans; Food and cooking; Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals
- Locations
- London; Chelsea
- Card file number
- 78/196
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 114
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