Shakespeare Country (1960)

WS map of southern England, zoom into Shakespeare country, super title and Commentary by Edward Ward. WS Oxford and river, General shots of Oxford High St. with traffic, pan over details of University sculpture. A Don walks through a University courtyard. The main High Street and the Mitre Hotel. Magdalene College with tourists taking photographs. General shot of Magdalen and street. Two tourist looking at postcards, CU of Shakespeare Memorial Theatre cut to the real theatre, Statue of Shakespeare. WS Trinity Church and scenic view. Stratford High Street and Elizabethan Houses. House where Shakespeare was born, tourists enter. Old wine shop and sign for The Falcon Hotel. WS of the Falcon. CU sign and WS Swan Hotel. American flag on Harvard House. Two tourists in front of The Garrick Inn. Coats of arms on Harvard House. Mary Arden’s house where Shakespeare’s mother lived. A punt goes under an old stone bridge on the Avon. Sign for Ann Hathaway’s cottage, shots of the approach and cottage. Tourists take photo
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