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Just for a pre-historic peep!

British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
British Film Institute, owner.
Topical Film Co., production company.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Charabanc Theatre Company.
Tourism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 19 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
Place of Publication:
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1923.
Summary:
Series title (0.7). "Just for a Pre-Historic Peep! Pilgrims - by char-a-banc! - wait for dawn of longest day at Stonehenge - Shrine of the Ancient Druids."(0.16). Arrival of charabancs, police direct traffic (0.21). View ofStonehenge - no people or cars (0.27). "4-30.A.M. Only once a year can the sunfall direct on the Slaughter Stone." (0.32). People stand by the Slaughter Stone waiting for the dawn (0.39). View inside crowded stone circle, looking to the Slaughter Stone (0.45). The Stone surrounded by cars and people (0.50).People walking amongst the the stones (0.53). "No Sun! No Fun! back toBrighton." (0. 58). A loaded charabanc, with Brighton on the destination plate, pulls away; Slaughter Stone in background (1.05).
Credits:
Cameramen: Benson, Montague G.
Notes:
Issue number: 617-2 ; Story number within issue: 1 of 4
Series: Daily Sketch Topical Budget.
With intertitles.

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