ATV Today: 01.07.1976: Rehearsal of a mock battle at Belvoir Castle

Summary

Rehearsal of a mock battle at Belvoir Castle in the East Midlands.

Year:

1976

Duration:

0:02:16

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

The news item begins with Tony Maycock interviewing the Duke of Rutland who explains that the activity at his home of Belvoir Castle is a rehearsal for the reenectment of a fictional battle that would have taken place if the Chartists of the nineteenth century had reached the castle. We see cannons being fired by people in period costume.


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