ATV Today: 16.06.1980: Whitwell Twinned with Paris

Summary

John Mitchell visits the village of Whitwell in Rutland which has become twinned with Paris.

Year:

1980

Duration:

0:02:30

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Establishing shots of Whitwell village and its sign (twinned with Paris). John Mitchell describes the similarities with a piece to camera and interviews Sam Healey, the 'mayor' of Whitwell and to a man who is pretending to the mayor of Paris. We then see a parade through the village and a celebration in a tent involving morris and can-can dancers.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

The village became unofficially twinned with Paris after locals from the Noel Arms wrote to the mayor of Paris and on not receiving a reply decided to announce the twinning anyway.