Saved From The Waves & Cuts (1926)

Sidmouth, Devon. Title: “SAVED FROM THE WAVES. Colonel Wilfred Ashley opens new Sea Wall costing £100,000 at Devon's noted beauty spot“. M/S of a group of dignitaries sitting on a platform in front of a village hall type building, a town crier in a cloak and tricorne hat rings a bell and reads from a scroll. M/S of the sea front, a crowd has gathered to listen to the town crier (seen in the foreground of the picture). M/S of a crowd gathered around a ribbon stretching across a road, a moustachioed man (Colonel Ashley) steps forward to cut it. M/S of the Colonel and his fur draped wife walking under an arch to be the first to stroll down the new sea wall, a crowd of dignitaries follow him. Low angled shot of the feet of the crowd walking along the sea wall. Intertitle: “The task that has to be faced!“ Panning shot of the beach and the sea front, workmen try to repair the damage done to the old sea wall. M/S of a large wave crashing over the dilapidated wall and onto the promenade. M/