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Bury St Edmunds

1913 , Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk)

Cat no. 529

The main historical and architectural features of Bury St Edmunds.

This film, titled throughout, shows usually static shots of the main historical and architectural features of Bury St. Edmunds. Many of the titles are historically inaccurate. In the scenes, Bury St. Edmunds moves around the shot. People carry on with their everyday business, walking the streets to do their shopping, riding bicycles and driving horses and carts. There is a car in the shot of Abbey Gate Street. The film shows the Fox Inn in East Gate Street. This is 15th century, not 13th century as in the titles. The next shot is of the 15th century Guildhall, not the 13th century Town Hall as suggested. The almost empty Butter Market features. Moyses Hall was not a Jewish residence, there was a pig market outside. It was built c.1180 and is older than indicated in the film. It may have been a Merchant's House. There are shots of the Abbey Ruins. The piers of the central tower were considered to be the site of the High Altar. The Dovecote is shown, along with a length of wall that would once have been one wall of a line of houses or shops. The Abbots Bridge and the Abbey Gate are filmed. The bridge may be 12th or 13th Century. It was strengthened in the 14th century. The camera pans the Abbey ruins giving a good indication of their overall appearance in 1913. Shots on Abbey Gate Street show traffic, including a car. There is a long shot of the Norman Tower and a close up shot of the Gate Way. The film ends showing the ruined West Front of the Abbey Church.

Featured Buildings

Moyses Hall; Bury St. Edmunds Abbey; The Norman Tower; The Guildhall; The Fox Inn

Keywords

Architecture; Buildings; History; Street scenes

Intertitles

A 13th Century Inn.The Town Hall: 14th Century.The Butter Market.Moyses Hall. A Jewish dwelling house of the 13th century.Abbey Ruins. The High Alter where the barons met Cardinal Langton when they swore to force King John to grant Magna Carta.Abbey Ruins. The Dovecote. A panoramic view of the Abbey Ruins. Abbots Bridge. Built in the 13th century.The Abbey Gate. Abbey Gate Street. Bury St. Edmunds.The Norman Tower. Gateway of Norman Tower. Ruined West Front of the Abbey Church.

Background Information

This film would have been shown in the county cinemas.The shots of the Abbot's Bridge and of the Abbey Gatehouse are hand-coloured. This is a late, and a quite crude, example of the genre.

Manifestations

Bury St Edmunds

  • Barcode
    INV395758
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:03:09
    Modification Date
    29/05/2012
    Parts
    Reference
    734837
  • Barcode
    INV384277
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:03:09
    Modification Date
    29/05/2012
    Parts
    Reference
    734817
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV345059
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:03:09
    Modification Date
    09/02/2012
    Parts
    Reference
    734638
  • Barcode
    INV321810
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:46
    Modification Date
    04/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733080
  • Barcode
    INV332256
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:46
    Modification Date
    04/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    733078
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV344001
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:46
    Modification Date
    01/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    732813
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV209741
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:57
    Has Sound
    N
    Modification Date
    14/08/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    675955
    Sound
    silent
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV175141
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 557
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    23/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673551
  • Barcode
    INV199329
    Canonical Identifier
    A-930
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    35mm full gate film
    Colour Type
    colour
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656042
    Sound
    silent
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV??4685
    Canonical Identifier
    A-190
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    35mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656041
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV??4684
    Canonical Identifier
    A-189
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    35mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656040
  • Barcode
    INV186379
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-215
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:04:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563163
  • Barcode
    INV??1558
    Canonical Identifier
    B-223
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    35mm film
    Colour System
    KodachromeII
    Colour Type
    colour
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562429
  • Barcode
    INV??1557
    Canonical Identifier
    B-200
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    35mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562428
    Sound
    silent

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