Convicts’ Church (1961)

M/S of exterior of Wormwood Scrubs from the road opposite; M/Ss of one of the front towers, and a small door opening at the entrance. A man called Sammy comes out carrying a small suitcase; he turns and shakes hands with a warder and walks off through the gates, gazing around in wonder. Fade into C/U of Sammy paying for some fruit at a market stall; people passing by in the background stare at the camera. He walks slowly on past the market. M/S of a church as we see Sammy walking past and looking up at it. M/Ss inside the church; people seated in the pews are listening to the Reverend Bertram Peake in the pulpit; a line of washing hangs above his head. Commentator talks of how this West London clergyman has worked to help more than 1400 ex-convicts. M/S of Sammy ringing the bell on the church door; commentator says “Here, he will be helped by men like himself until he has found a job and can afford lodgings“. A man opens the door to Sammy; they talk and the man takes his suitcase, shakes his hand