Pipe Collection Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1955)

Hadley Wood, Herefordshire. C/U shot of a man smoking pipe. Smoke comes out through the nostrils of a carved woman’s head. Lid (a hat) is placed on the top of the pipe. Cut to a panning shot of various pipes placed on a table. Mr. Trevor Barton of Hadley Wood in Herefordshire has collected over 400 different pipes during a ten year period. M/S of Mr. Barton sitting at his desk holding large, greatly carved wooden pipe. C/U shot of the pipe’s carvings. The pipe is from Germany - informs the narrator. Strange looking Japanese pipe is next on display. M/S of Mr Barton at his desk as Mrs. Barton enters the room. “Trevor and his wife Deena have acquired a mass knowledge about their hobby ... the smoking customs of people throughout the world ... the history of pipes...“ - tells the voiceover. M/S of Mrs. Burton holding a beautiful pipe of Dresden China made in 1850. Succession of C/U shots of different pipes from different origins: “Bavarian pipe said to have once been owned by Ludwig, the Mad King“,
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