Evangelical Enterprises - Leicester

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Summary

Film made by a Leicester based Evangelical organisation featuring many shots of Leicester and some record of their work.

Year:

1955

Duration:

0:08:30

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Promotional

Master format:

16mm

Description

"EVANGELICAL ENTERPRISES who are presenting this show"
"SPECIALISE IN AIDS TO EVANGELISM" "AND" "GENERAL CHURCH SUPPLIES"

High angle shot (filmed from the current site of Littlewoods/Shopping centre) of city centre streets showing Humberstone Gate and Lewis' department store.

High angle shot looking down High Street, camera pans right to clocktower (some shops are identifiable: John Manners Ltd., Phillips, British Home Stores, Foster Brothers), camera tilts up clocktower revealing Haymarket, pans right revealing some tall mock Tudor buildings (these are no longer extant).

Long shot looking down Charles Street, camera pans right revealing the Police Station.

General views of the Park, Town Hall Square and the Town Hall. Shot of the Town Hall. Shot of the Guildhall. Archaeological ruins in the Museum grounds, sign saying "The Jewry Wall. Roman Site". Camer apans right over museum grounds revealing streets in the background (Holy Bones St?, Vaughan Way?).

Shot of a sign "St. Nicholas Parish Church - Leicester's oldest Saxon Church". Exterior shot of the Church with the sign in the foreground.

Exterior shot of Leicester Cathedral (St. Martin's).

Exterior shot of a new residential building site, large semi-detached houses with bay windows in mid construction. Finished semi-detatched houses and bungalows.

Shot of a wall mounted plaque featuring a portrait in relief and text - "William Carey Evangelical Pioneer" (rest of text indistinguishable). Exterior shot of building with plaque on wall (possibly the Central Baptist Church on Charles Street).

High angle shot of a street and tall building taken from across the road, an Opticans shop is at street level (Lancaster Opticians?). The camera tilts up the building.

Shot of a sign - "EVANGELICAL ENTERPRISES - UPSTAIRS"

Interior shots, a man enters a room through door and shakes hands with another man. The camera pans left revealing a manual printing machine (mimeograph?) and a bookshelf, the camera tilts down a poster. Shot of a table with many vinyl records on, the camera pans right revealing on of the men operating a printing machine, then another table bearing various evangelical books, panphlets, posters and an organ (musical).

Close shot of the table of evangelical books including some Billy Graham titles. The camera pans right over pairs of scissors, packs of cards, pamphlets and posters displayed on the table.

Close up of a pair of scissors, with "The Lord" inscribed on one blade.

Shot of an organ, portable amplifiers a microphone and microphone stand, a pre-amplifier (?) and a smaller organ.

Shot of man typing (taken from behind), pamphlets seen on his desk.

Close up of the typewriter.

Close shot of a man's hands inside a 16mm projector. Shot of film being threaded through the projector. Shot of a film being projected onto a wall, the film is of an evangelical nature.

Exterior shot of a sign - "Open air service - United Witness Sunday July 22nd at 8pm here!".

Wide shot of an outdoor service, the camera pans showing clergymen on a dais and the congregation seated and standing.

Shot of a uniformed group including a brass band and flag bearer (Salvation Army?) marching down Charles Street into Kildare Street past the Salvation Army building.

Shot of some men evangelising to a small audience on the street outside Leicester's covered market (the shop GLE NEPHEW & CO. LTD can be seen in the background). Two policemen pass.

Very dark sequence shot by the market, not enough light to make out what is going on.


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