Statue of Liberty and Wedding 1973
Super 8mm film Colour Mute 1973 3:20
Summary: Shots of New York skyline from Hudson River. Back in the UK, Lyn leaving home to be married and arrival at the synagogue.
Title number: 19431
LSA ID: LSA/25809
Description: The Statue of Liberty is seen from a boat on the Hudson River against a dark glowering sky. The camera zooms in on Liberty's face and upstretched arm and then out again. A helicopter flies overhead. As the boat moves upriver the New York City skyline comes into view, with its skyscrapers, the dominating outline of the World Trade Center and finally in the distance the Empire State Building.
Back in England for the wedding on 29 April 1973: Lyn (the bride) and her young bridesmaid, both dressed in white, are seen, rather dimly, outside Lyn's family home at St. Barnarbas Road, Woodford Green. Lyn, her huge white veil swept back from her face, smiles as she walks past a red car in the drive. Her bridesmaid, in a white bonnet and long-sleeved frock, smiles shyly as she comes out of the front door, then poses again in the doorway beside a little boy in a blue flowery shirt with a wide collar and a black baker boy cap. The wedding party gathers by the door: Lyn, the young bridesmaid, the little boy, an adult bridesmaid in mauve, another woman with her back to the camera and the bride's mother in green with a fur wrap. They then walk down the path to the street. The woman who initially had her back turned shuts and locks the door, then stands talking to camera for a moment, holding a gold evening bag and a coat.
A large black wedding car is in the street near the Beehive Lane Synagogue, Ilford and the group poses beside it. Other wedding guests can be seen behind.
In the final shots, the couple are inside the synagogue, by the chuppah (wedding canopy). The bride's white dress glows in the dimly-lit surroundings.
Credits: Richard Brookes
Cast: Lyn Brookes and her family.
Further information: A home movie by Redbridge residents Richard and Lyn Brookes. The couple had married in 1971 and spent two years in the US. When they returned to England they married again in Ilford so that their families could attend the wedding. This film is followed by Title No: 19432, Item No: LSA 25810 - Wedding 1973.
Keywords: Weddings; Jewish; Statue of Liberty; New York; skyline; Twin Towers; World Trade Center; EmpireState Building; 1970s fashions
Locations: USA; New York; Manhattan; United Kingdom; England; London; Essex; Ilford
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