A Glimpse of the Past (Original title)
Date: 1925 (Release)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: COMPILATION of unrelated items.Shotlist: MS Regent's Canal at Camden Lock viewed from a barge (7). A trolley bus passes over the bridge at the top of Camden High Street (18). CU sign for Hampstead Underground Station (21). MS cars and pedestrians in a Hampstead Street (25). Sign for Hendon Underground (27). MS forecourt of Hendon Central Station (34). MS from a car of traffic on road (38). MS Windsor Castle from the river Thames (48). DOWNSTREAM (52). MS Tower Bridge (58). LS Tower Bridge with sailing boats moored in the foreground (63). MS dockside (75). MS tug (79). MS man watching ships pass from the quayside (90). HAS boats moored at quayside (95). MLS Greenwich Tunnel (101). FADE ships on the river (112). MS larger vessel (124). FADE AND THE DAY TURNS INTO NIGHT (125). Iris opens out on the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral with river traffic in the foreground (138). Tower Bridge by night (146). Theatre lights for the Ambassador's and St. Martin's Theatre (149). Lights and traffic in Leicester Square by night (161). Closer shot of same (169). MS theatre lights and traffic outside The Coliseum on St. Martin's Lane (182). The lights of the Palladium where Cochran's Revue is playing (189). A board outside the Savoy Theatre (196). LS down street (203). CU under canopy of a cinema doorway over which is written "The next step in talking pictures is here" (204). Dark shot of dancing (214). HAS Trocadero Hotel, Shaftesbury Avenue, pedestrians walk by and taxis waiting (220). Street level shot of the same (229). Argyll Street(?). MS lights advertising Billy Merson, "The Whirl of the World" at the London Palladium (235). More lights possibly at Great Marlborough Street/Argyll Street (323). Theatre scene of a policeman directing traffic and pedestrians crossing the road at Piccadilly Circus (332). IN THE FAMOUS CRITERION ROOF GARDEN MUSIC AND DANCE REIGN SUPREME (334). MS couples dancing (340). MS band (342). Dancers (348). AND THE STARS COME OUT. MISS JOSE COLLINS (LADY INNES-KER) ENJOYS A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE THEATRE (356). THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS (359). MCU Jose Collins at a table with friends (367). MR. NELSON KEYS AND MR. DAVE BURNABY ARE MUCH PERTURBED OVER AN EMPTY GLASS AND A LEMON (376). MCU of the two named, one scowling (392). FRIEND NELSON KEYS DANCES HIS WELL-KNOWN AFTER DINNER SPECIALITY (398). Nelson Keys performs a tap dance as if drunk (434). GAP Various shots of the megaphone elements of record players (447). MCU two men listening to a radio set. The words RADIO HONG KONG CHINA appear on the screen and they jump up and dance (472). MCU couple sitting with their dog listening to the radio on headsets. CU dog (481). MCU well- dressed couple listening to radio (485). Three women (possibly men in drag) stand around the megaphone (491). Horizontal split screen of a band leader over a line up of musicians playing brass (503). INSCRUTABLE DREW INVESTIGATOR...A MAN OF MANY PARTS... HENRY AINLEY (508). MCU Drew at his desk (518), examining a bottle (521), posing for the camera at a mantelpiece (533). FADE Extracts from the series showing Drew in action (651). Extract from another feature shows Irene Rich in a kitchen, a drunken man sitting at the table (657). CU facial expressions of the woman (686). A fight scene intercut with shots of Sally O'Neill sewing a hat (707ft).
Genre: Travelogue
Subjects: London, Hendon, Underground railways, Tower Bridge, Windsor Castle (train), Regent's Canal, Camden (London), Hampstead, Night, Theatres, London Palladium, Roof gardens, Ballroom dancing, Radio broadcasting, Keys, Nelson (1887-1939), Burnaby, Dave (1881-1949)
Date: 1925 (Release)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: COMPILATION of unrelated items.Shotlist: MS Regent's Canal at Camden Lock viewed from a barge (7). A trolley bus passes over the bridge at the top of Camden High Street (18). CU sign for Hampstead Underground Station (21). MS cars and pedestrians in a Hampstead Street (25). Sign for Hendon Underground (27). MS forecourt of Hendon Central Station (34). MS from a car of traffic on road (38). MS Windsor Castle from the river Thames (48). DOWNSTREAM (52). MS Tower Bridge (58). LS Tower Bridge with sailing boats moored in the foreground (63). MS dockside (75). MS tug (79). MS man watching ships pass from the quayside (90). HAS boats moored at quayside (95). MLS Greenwich Tunnel (101). FADE ships on the river (112). MS larger vessel (124). FADE AND THE DAY TURNS INTO NIGHT (125). Iris opens out on the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral with river traffic in the foreground (138). Tower Bridge by night (146). Theatre lights for the Ambassador's and St. Martin's Theatre (149). Lights and traffic in Leicester Square by night (161). Closer shot of same (169). MS theatre lights and traffic outside The Coliseum on St. Martin's Lane (182). The lights of the Palladium where Cochran's Revue is playing (189). A board outside the Savoy Theatre (196). LS down street (203). CU under canopy of a cinema doorway over which is written "The next step in talking pictures is here" (204). Dark shot of dancing (214). HAS Trocadero Hotel, Shaftesbury Avenue, pedestrians walk by and taxis waiting (220). Street level shot of the same (229). Argyll Street(?). MS lights advertising Billy Merson, "The Whirl of the World" at the London Palladium (235). More lights possibly at Great Marlborough Street/Argyll Street (323). Theatre scene of a policeman directing traffic and pedestrians crossing the road at Piccadilly Circus (332). IN THE FAMOUS CRITERION ROOF GARDEN MUSIC AND DANCE REIGN SUPREME (334). MS couples dancing (340). MS band (342). Dancers (348). AND THE STARS COME OUT. MISS JOSE COLLINS (LADY INNES-KER) ENJOYS A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE THEATRE (356). THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS (359). MCU Jose Collins at a table with friends (367). MR. NELSON KEYS AND MR. DAVE BURNABY ARE MUCH PERTURBED OVER AN EMPTY GLASS AND A LEMON (376). MCU of the two named, one scowling (392). FRIEND NELSON KEYS DANCES HIS WELL-KNOWN AFTER DINNER SPECIALITY (398). Nelson Keys performs a tap dance as if drunk (434). GAP Various shots of the megaphone elements of record players (447). MCU two men listening to a radio set. The words RADIO HONG KONG CHINA appear on the screen and they jump up and dance (472). MCU couple sitting with their dog listening to the radio on headsets. CU dog (481). MCU well- dressed couple listening to radio (485). Three women (possibly men in drag) stand around the megaphone (491). Horizontal split screen of a band leader over a line up of musicians playing brass (503). INSCRUTABLE DREW INVESTIGATOR...A MAN OF MANY PARTS... HENRY AINLEY (508). MCU Drew at his desk (518), examining a bottle (521), posing for the camera at a mantelpiece (533). FADE Extracts from the series showing Drew in action (651). Extract from another feature shows Irene Rich in a kitchen, a drunken man sitting at the table (657). CU facial expressions of the woman (686). A fight scene intercut with shots of Sally O'Neill sewing a hat (707ft).
Genre: Travelogue
Subjects: London, Hendon, Underground railways, Tower Bridge, Windsor Castle (train), Regent's Canal, Camden (London), Hampstead, Night, Theatres, London Palladium, Roof gardens, Ballroom dancing, Radio broadcasting, Keys, Nelson (1887-1939), Burnaby, Dave (1881-1949)
Cast
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Henry Ainley ()