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Notice descriptive – Brève Wessex
Titre de la série :Along the Highways and Byways of EnglandNiveau hiérarchique :Pièce (Niveau acquisition)Date :1930/1931Numéro d'article (ISN) :278012Genre de documents :Images en mouvementTrouvé dans :Archives / Films, vidéos et enregistrements sonores -
Notice descriptive – Détails Fonds/collection :GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.No d'acquisition :1972-0105Support :FilmPartie :2 of 2Date de production :1930/1931Compagnie de production :Ontario Motion Picture BureauGénérique (équipe de production) :photography, Bert BachDescription :In this film, the viewer is shown some of the points of interest in Wessex as the OMPB car tours the region. One of the four divisions of early Saxon England (along with Essex, Kent, and Sussex), Wessex is made up of peaceful villages such as Dorset, Wiltshire and Devon. Salisbury Cathedral was built on the site where the arrow of the evicted monks had fallen in 1219, and remains "the finests spire in England." The next stop is Wilton, where Alfred the Great once defeated the Danes; then on to Stonehenge whose history is shrouded in innumerable legends. The viewer is shown troops performing manoevers on Salisbury Plain which remains in the Canadian contingent's memory, as does "The Old Bustard", Bustard Hotel. The tour continues through Somerset, by the river Exe, to Devon and the Exeter Cathedral founded in the 10th century. The film ends as the car passes between deep Cornish hedges and English wildflowers. <10mn 29s>Langue :Silent with English intertitlesNo original :7025~7026Remarques :Détails de l'inventaire : -
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