Scenes photographed in England, showing many of the actual places which Dickens used as settings in his novels and also town and country houses where he wrote some of his best-known novels. Views of historic inns and buildings in London, Rochester, Canterbury, Dover and the marshlands of “Great Expectations”. A page from the MS of “Pickwick Papers”; another from the MS of “Oliver Twist”. The film stresses the relation between Dickens’ stories and his personal experience of places, people and social customs.
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ACMI Identifier
001918
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain - Description and travel
History → Historic buildings - Great Britain
Literature → Dickens, Charles, 1817-1870
Literature → English literature
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)