The Ghost Village of Salisbury Plain
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- (23 Apr 2009)
AP Television
Imber, Wiltshire, England, April 11, 2009
1. Wide of the tower of the church through some trees
2. Mid shot of warning sign with church in the background
3. Mid shot of St. Giles Church and trees
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Neil Skelton, formerly of the Churches Trust and Caretaker of the Church:
"Well, I think not only the church but the place, it's the Ghost Village of Salisbury Plain and it always has a fascination for people. And I think probably because of the restricted access, people always make a point of coming when there is access. And the same people come time and time again."
5. Wide of people walking away from camera towards the church
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Neil Skelton, formerly of the Churches Trust and Caretaker of the Church:
"At that time the Ministry of Defence, or the War Department as it was then, owned most of the freeholds of the properties and they gave the villagers a month's notice just before Christmas 1943 to evacuate. And said there was a promise that they would return after the war or when the war department no longer had need of the land. And of course, as we know, they never gave it back."
7. Various of bullet casing on the ground
8. Set up of Ken Mitchell standing beside his family grave, talking to a lady
9. SOUNDBITE (English): Ken Mitchell, Former Resident of the Village:
"My grandfather was the village blacksmith and he was in his sixties. He'd worked in that trade all his life and then suddenly, from out of the blue, he had to leave everything behind, and to him it was the end. It was the end of his life."
10. Mid of Ken Mitchell's grandfather's gravestone
11. Close up of Ken Mitchell's grandfather's gravestone
12. Wide of one of the original buildings that still stands
13. Wide of the original farmhouse
14. Close up of the date stone on the top of the farmhouse
15. Wide of Imber Court behind steel gates and all boarded up
Source - Imber Church (no restrictions)
16. Close up of black and white still of a gospel meeting at the Barley Field with Imber Court in the background, taken early 20th century
AP Television
Imber, Wiltshire, England, April 11, 2009
17. Wide of public and soldiers walking past Imber Court
18. Mid of soldiers in camouflage, fatigues in the gardens of the mock village
19. Wide of the "Church Open" sign with houses of the mock village in the background and a family walking towards the camera
20. Wide of people walking down dirt road
21. Wide of family walking between the gravestones in the church's graveyard
22. Mid of the altar of the church
23. Wide of church with altar in the background
24. Mid of painting behind the top of the open door
25. Various of figures in painting
26. Wide of the mock village from the top of the tower
27. Wide of what is now the village high street with cars and members of the public
Source - Imber Church (no restrictions)
28. Close up still image of High Street west to east in the early 20th century
AP Television
Imber, Wiltshire, England, April 11, 2009
29. Wide shot of the mock village today
Source - Imber Church
30. Close up still image High Street east to west in the early 20th Century
AP Television
Imber, Wiltshire, England, April 11, 2009
31. Various overhead shots of church tower with shots heard on a soundtrack
32. SOUNDBITE (English): Neil Skelton, formerly of the Churches Trust and Caretaker of the Church:
"It's supposed to be off limits from any firing that's going on, but occasionally the odd stray flare does land in the churchyard but fortunately the church hasn't suffered any serious damage."
41. Wide of village
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This is the first time I have seen inside the church. Ironic really, I have trained at Imber more times than I can remember.
i love imber i find it fascinating
I remember this spooky 13 years Royal Artillery.
Sad story. Nice video.
Why couldn't they have built houses to make a makeshift village on Salisbury Plain instead of uprooting the people that lived in Imber? I was supposed to be going there to visit on Sunday but I think I will give it a miss now. People have said on this video that it is sad.
The War would have been over by the time they had been built.