Austy Manor, Wootton Wawen

Description

Video cassette copy of family cine film of the Williams and Bond-Williams family, comprising scenes as follows (minute counter numbers in brackets):

1/ introduction: Austy Manor garden and woods (0.25)
2/ William Henry Williams in the woods (1.00)
3/ Austy Manor gardens in spring, Torah the bulldog, and the Japanese gardens (1.20)
4/ Chickens, cows and turkeys (2.45) Louisa Williams on the porch (3.38)
5/ Mount Fuji; Austy Manor gardens in summer and autumn (4.15)
6/ 'Shakespeare land'. Derry Williams and friend Doris in garden (7.44)
7/ Rolls Royce at front door (10.27)
8/ New theatre (11.10)
9/ Schoolchildren on the Bancroft (11.22)

10/ Dignitaries arriving (11.32)
11/ Family visit Anne Hathaway's Cottage (12.07)
12/ Rolls Royce (12.34)
13/ On the river at Stratford (13.10)
14/ Outside Shakespeare's Birthplace (13.56)
15/ Mary Arden's House (14.08)
16/ Fox hunting (14.50)
17/ Waterfalls (? Wootton Wawen) (15.07)
18/ Austy Manor (15.20)
19/ An outing on the Thames (Institute of Metals) (15.57)

20/ Birmingham Snow Hill railway station (16.04)
21/ Outing to Henley on Thames by train and steamer (16.57)
22/ Rowing (17.50)
23/ Lambeth Palace (19.35)
24/ Past the Houses of Parliament (20.32)
25/ At the mouth of the Thames (20.49)
26/ Yachting at Burnham on Crouch (21.00)
27/ Austy Newsreel: Henley-in-Arden Carnival 1933 (21.43)
28/ Carnival Queen crowned by Louisa Williams (22.26)
29/ Carnival: the parade (22.54)

30/ Paris (25.30)
31/ Returning to Austy Manor (27.52)
32/ Brighton beach (28.49)
33/ Visit to Austy Manor by Institute of Metals, ?1935 (29.57)
34/ Arriving at Austy Manor (30.16)
35 In the maze (a replica of Hampton Court maze, now removed) and gardens (30.51)
36/ Tea with Louisa Williams, William H. Williams and an unknown guest (32.04) 1933
37/ Boat race (32.35)
38/ Colmore Car Trial (34.37)
39/ Austy newsreel 1934: Mrs C (?Cosmopolitan) Club goes out to tea at Austy Manor (38.11)

40/ Catching sheep (? Noel's university friends) (43.47)

Photocopies of obituaries of:
William Henry Williams (c. 1870 - 1937) taken from The Birmingham Mail, 3 November 1937, and of
Noel Bond Williams (November 1914 - 18 March 2003) taken from ?The Birmingham Post.

Ascribed title Makers: William Henry Williams and Noel Bond-Williams Video cassette copy from original film in possession of Jane Bowen.