Manuscripts (1939)

No title - MANUSCRIPTS Letters of the famous at the National Library of Scotland. L/S of the National Library. Various interior shots as librarians examine manuscripts and letters for forgeries. M/S as they compare real signature of Robert Burns with one on a letter purporting to be by him, they do not match and it is marked a forgery. C/U of authentic Burns letter. M/S of manuscripts and Walter Scott’s handwriting. C/U of 1692 letter. M/S of letter written by Mary Queen of Scots. M/S of letter written by Duke of York in 1610 asking for his father’s blessing, he was to become King Charles I. Various shots of the statue of him in Trafalgar Square. 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 Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 ite