The Tichborne Curse (1947)

Описание: Full title reads: "The Tichborne Curse".



Flour is given to the inhabitants of Alresford, Hampshire, on March 25th as a result of a death bed curse in 1150 when the then Lady Mable Tichbourne decreed that the house of Tichbourne would fall unless the ceremony was carried out.



LS A street in Alresford.



CU the post office.



LS A postman on his rounds walks down the garden path of a cottage.



LS the crowd round the entrance to the hall of Tichbourne, listening to a priest giving a Latin benediction.



MS Sir Anthony Doughty Tichborne the 14th Baronet speaking about the custom (nat sound)



MS Flour being emptied from sacks into a box.



MS CU Adults receiving their gallon of flour and children their half gallon each from Sir Anthony.



MS Sir Anthony chatting to locals - his suit is covered in flour.



CU two children dumping their bags of flour into a barrow. CU bags of flour. MS Two children, sacks of flour on their backs walking away from the camera.
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