Roof Flower Garden (1958)

Kensington, London. L/S of a garden with a fountain, there is a Spanish style red and white building in the background. A woman walks along the path down the middle and there are people sat on benches along it. M/S of two women walking down the path to a vine covered archway leading to a cloister. Low angle shot of the white building, the narrator says this is an example of a Spanish garden. C/U of big pink and white flowers, C/U of large white flowers. L/S of Derry and Toms department store in Kensington, L/S of London from the rooftop. L/S of view over rooftops, the camera pans across over the roofs of houses. The garden is actually on the roof of Derry and Toms and covers one and a quarter acres. M/S of red and white flowers in foreground with the fountain behind them and people walking along in the background. M/S of a bush with pink flowers, two ladies walk into the shot and chat about it. C/U of the two ladies examining the leaves and chatting. The narrator tells us there is one S
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