Gretna Green - A New Phase (1938)

Titles read: “GRETNA GREEN - A NEW PHASE“. Scotland. Various shots of signposts directing visitors to marriage venues in Gretna Green; several point to the original Blacksmith’s shop and marriage rooms. Commentator talks of how the runaway marriage business is growing. Animated sequence shows a couple (in 1920s dress) going to Gretna Green to get married at the Blacksmith’s shop. New signs appear, advertising different blacksmith’s as the place to get wed; men are seen carrying anvils (to their new marriage venues). A country lane with a sign pointing ’To Ye Olde Forge’ is rapidly covered with new blacksmith’s shops and marriage rooms. 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 items from t