Motion Picture MP2014-24
Administrative Information
Presumably shot by E. Clifton Daniel, this silent home movie footage shows Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel, and William Wallace Daniel as they travel in London and Woodstock, England, August-September 1969. In London, it shows: the Goring Hotel; Duke of Wellington equestrian statue; Palace of Westminster (Parliament); Westminster Bridge; Westminster Abbey; Tower of London; St. Paul's Cathedral; Victoria Memorial; changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace; Nelson's Column; Trafalgar Square. In Woodstock and at Blenheim Palace: the Bear Hotel; long shot of Blenheim; the Grand Bridge; fountains and statues in the gardens; men playing cricket; St. Martin's church, Bladon.
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Shot List
00:00 Clifton Truman Daniel creates title card on oversized paper tablet: “Our Trip to Europe”
00:15 William Wallace Daniel flips page of tablet to show next handwritten title: “Aug.-Sept. 1969”
00:21 Brief clip of the grave of Jennie Jerome Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill, at Blenheim. Also brief clips of sites in London.
00:26 Handwritten title on large paper tablet: “London”
00:30 Margaret Truman Daniel with sons Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel in front of The Goring Hotel in London.
00:38 Various scenic view of sites in London, including London Bridge and Parliament. Clifton Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel and Margaret Truman Daniel are seen touring.
01:40 Clifton Truman Daniel, Margaret Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel pose in front of a statue of Abraham Lincoln in London.
01:45 Various scenic views of sites in and near London, including Westminster Abbey, The Tower of London, and Buckingham Palace. Also footage of protestors with signs. Margaret Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel, and Clifton Truman Daniel are seen touring.
05:05 Handwritten title: “Woodstock / Blenheim Palace”
05:10 Scenic views of Woodstock, England, and Blenheim Palace (the ancestral home of the Churchill family and Dukes of Marlborough). Margaret Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel are seen touring.
07:10 END