ATV Today: 15.05.1975: Replica Swords

Summary

Peter Plant report about the manufacture of replica swords at a forge in Nottinghamshire.

Year:

1975

Duration:

0:04:34

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Peter Plant report about the manufacture of replica swords at a forge in Nottinghamshire.

The exact location is not given but it is said to be in a village near Hucknall.

We see a piece to camera from Peter Plant wearing a suit of armour.

Paul Gardner is interviewed about his business. He makes swords in a small forge and sells them to the pub trade or to enthusiasts involved in historic battle re-enactments.

We see examples of his work and Gardner at work in his forge.

Finally we see library shots of the Sealed Knot group staging a battle at Warwick Castle (ex-ATV Today 28 May 1971).


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