Somerset House (1937)

Full title reads: “Somerset House“. Somerset House, register office of births and deaths, London. Various shots of woman with baby sitting in front of Registrar at desk. The woman and the Registrar sign the baby’s birth certificate. Various shots exterior of Somerset House. C/U of sign: ’Register Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Search Room’. Various shots woman entering Somerset House. Various shots of woman filling out a form. She hands the form and a shilling to man sitting beneath sign reading: ’Births A -J’. Various shots of woman taking out large record book from shelf. She scans it for the required entry. Top shot of rows of people scanning record books. M/S of woman handing over more money and a form to man at enquiry window, in order to obtain a copy. Various shots of two men in brown coats in the archive vaults. They take more record books off the shelves, looking for original document requested by woman. The docu