Trial of the Pyx

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1865
Date Released
1 Mar 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trial of the Pyx. DESCRIPTION: The Queen’s Remembrancer, Master Claude Grundy, Senior Master of the Law Courts, addresses the jury at the trial. The trial is the examination of coins from the Royal Mint. Members of the Goldsmiths’ Company make sure that they’re of the right weight and the correct metal. This ceremony is one of the oldest in the land, going back almost 800 years. SHOTLIST: GV jury of goldsmiths. CU Claude Grundy. MS judge and jury all standing. MS judge leaving the hall. CU money bags being taken from the pyx. MS money bags being handed out to the jury. CU jury member checking bag. CU ditto. CU jury members hands as he counts the money. CU member of the jury. CU jury member counting. CU ditto. MS man using bullion measure. CU weights of the bullion measure. CU measure. CU man’s hand taking money from one bowl and placing into 2nd. CU the weights. CU the measure. CU man’s hand placing money into the 2nd bowl. CU money being poured from bag into the 1st bowl.
Keywords
Customs and traditions
Locations
London
Card file number
89413
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Trial of the Pyx', British Movietone News Issue No. 1865, 1 Mar 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25892 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)