This Is Lloyds Aka All Risks - Reel 1 (1940-1961)

Most footage dates from 1961 - there are some library shots from 1940 and 1952. 01:00:12 Storm sequence - large sailing ship floundering in high seas. Lifeboat on calm seas. Titles superimposed over lifeboat. Associated British Pathe Present This Is Lloyd’s. Spoken by Anthony Quayle. 01:01:03 Men in lifeboat dressed in period costume spot sail and start calling for rescue. Model shot of 17th Century London. Recreation of exterior of Lloyd’s coffee shop 17th Century. Two men in costume enter. Interior coffee house. People chat. Coffee poured. Men drink coffee. C/U hand banging candlestick on bar. Waiter reads from piece of paper about the capture of a ship. Various gentlemen discuss the news. View of coffee house interior. Men do business insuring ships. (This section is all played out in 17th century costume). 01:03:22 Modern day - man in Lloyd’s coffee house reads from Lloyd’s List. Camera pulls back to wider shot. Two men discuss business while waiter pours them coffee. C/U coffee and milk poured
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