News In A Nutshell Mr Pickwick Rides To… 1936

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Full title reads: "News in a Nutshell".

Intertitle reads: "London - Rochester".

Horse and carriage carrying men in period costume recreate scene where Mr. Pickwick rides to Rochester (Kent) from Charles Dickens novel, 'Pickwick Papers'.

Intertitle reads: "London".

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12490
Sort Number:
36/027
Time in/Out:
01:52:24:00 / 01:55:10:00
Canister:
36/27
Film ID:
857.20
Issue Date:
02/04/1936

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  • "men in period costume" - they're members of the Dickens Fellowship, (still going strong in 2012).

    At 00:28 the group stop outside The Bull Hotel on Rochester High Street, which features in The Pickwick Papers.

    "work by Harold Youngman" - the piece is called "Artemis".

    "Gilbert Bayes" - his piece is called "Fire Engine".

    "Big warehouse fire in Docklands" - the fire is at St George's Wharf.

    jamied 14th Jun 2012

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