CANTERBURY:
0:10:14 “Peak Film Productions presents A Gem Release - Canterbury”.
“Canterbury , England’s ecclesiastical capital, retains many medieval(sic) features”. Street scenes.
“West gate, last of six city gates built in 1375”. Historical buildings.
“Tudor houses occupied by Hugenot(sic) weavers in 1685”. Historic buildings and carvings.
“St Augustine’s College - founded in 1884”. Pan of building.
“The magnificent Cathedral started in 1070 - completed in 1505”. Cathedral.
“History and beauty in every stone”. Close up of carvings, internal buttresses and arches.
“The End - a Peak Film ‘Gem’ Release”
0:13:52 Ends.
TOWER OF LONDON:
0:14:01 “Peak Film Productions presents - A Gem Release - Tower of London”.
“The Tower of London dates back to William the Conqueror”. View across the Thames and courtyard.
“Byward Tower 13th Century gatehouse of the outer ward”. Tower and Beefeater.
“Waterloo Barracks - built 1845”. Pan of tower.
“Beauchamp Tower. Used in it’s early days as a prison for persons of high rank”. Tower.
“Bell Tower, Here Guy Fawkes was interrogated in 1605”. Tower.
“Tower Green”. Woman in front of sign which reads, “On this site stood a scaffold on which were executed - Queen Anne Boleyn 1556 Margaret Countess of Salisbury 1541 Queen Catherine Howard 1542 Jane Viscount Rochford 1542 Lady Jane Grey 1554 Robert Devereux Lord of Essex 1601 also near this spot was beheaded Lord Hastings 1487”
“King’s house built in 1530. Here Anne Boleyn spent the last days of her life”. People walking past building.
“The Bloody Tower, Originally known as the Garden Tower, it was given the present name in 1597, being believed to be the scene of the murder of Edward V and his brother the Duke of York”. Plaque on wall , terrace, sign reads “Traitors Gate”.
“Through here passed prisoners of high rank who had been tried at Westminster”. Gate and long shot of Tower.
“The End - A Peak Film ‘Gem’ release”
0:17:53 Ends.
LONDON LANDMARKS:
0:17:53 “Peak Film Productions presents A ‘Gem’ release - London Landmarks”.
“Famous the world over the Houses of Parliament, Westminster”. View across the Thames and close up of Statue of Boadicea.
“Westminster Cathedral Roman Catholic Church consecrated in 190...” Spire, frescoes and street scenes
“St. Paul’s Cathedral - Wren’s greatest masterpiece”. Street scenes and monument to “Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1883 - 1945”
“St. Jame’s Palace - a fine example of Tudor architecture”. Palace and street scenes.
“Kensington Palace - here Queen Victoria was born”. Pan of palace.
“Westminster Abbey - scene of coronations since the 12th century”. Vertical pan of cathedral.
“Her Majesty Queen Mary a Royal parishioner” Queen Mary, then the Queen Mother, leaving Abbey and climbing into chauffeured car.
“The End A Peak film ‘Gem’ release”
0:17:53 Ends.