John Peel Statue (1937)

JOHN PEEL STATUE. At Peel’s birthplace. Caldbeck, Cumberland. L/S of countryside and village of Caldbeck. M/S of the inn where the song ’John Peel’ was first sung. M/S of men breaking stone at an old Roman quarry, the stone from which was used to build Hadrian’s Wall. M/S of sculptor Mr Denton walking along to his workshop. M/S interior of him working on the statue of John Peel, various shots as he chips away. M/S of the song’s composer John Woodcock Graves whose face is sculpted in the base. The camera pans up the statue. C/U of Denton’s tools made from old gardening implements. M/S of his first work, a cherub. M/S of the small statue of a schoolboy. M/S of a spaniel. C/U of Mr Denton lighting a cigarette. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the