Screen capture from Westminster In Winter.
United Kingdom
English
00:07:35
280 ft
16mm
B&W
Silent
"A tourist film promoting the sights of the London Borough of Westminster." (EAFA Database)
IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975.
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.
Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive
"The sights of Westminster including the Houses of Parliament, the Shell Building, ICI building, County Hall, Waterloo Bridge, Westminster Bridge, the River Thames and its various boats, St Margaret's Westminster, Westminster School and the uniformed schoolboys, St James's Park, Parliament Square, Horseguards Parade. Brief shot of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and parliamentary colleagues. The film moves to the West End where there are shots of Piccadilly Circus and the neon signs, Piccadilly Circus Underground station; the Strand Palace Hotel (brief interior and exterior shots). Concludes with a variety show with dancing girls and variety acts. Shots of lamplighting and a tram going over Waterloo Bridge' (EAFA Database); 'Pupils at Westminster School. Statues in Palace precincts. Society wedding party. Life Guards on parade. Feeding birds in St. James Park. Sub-title, 'Parliament Assembles', Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald and other ministers enter courtyard. Dusk falls and lamplighter lights gas lamp. Sub-title, 'And so to - the West End'. Piccadilly underground stations, people on escalator. Theatreland with neon signs. Facade of London Pavilion - Capitol - Brasserie. Interior of theatre with unidentified stage acts. Comedians, dancers, chorus girls, acrobats and a ballerina. Pit orchestra and conductor." (EAFA Database)
Amateur Cinema