A.L. Rowse, the eminent historian, has written, “The Elizabethan Age is not something dead and apart from us…Wherever one goes in England there are visible memorials of what those men and women were when they were alive, houses they built, things they made and wore, objects they cherished, patterns they imposed upon the very landscape.” Some of the visible traces as well as something of the spirit of that England of Elizabeth I, Drake, Raleigh and Shakespeare, are recorded in this film.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003313
Language
English
Subject categories
History → Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
History → Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
History → Great Britain - History - Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
People → Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
People → Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)