Mexico In The Midlands Aka Cactus Story (1964)

Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Various shots of General Sir Oliver Leese watering cacti in a Mexican style garden. C, U of a budgie in a cage. M, S of two gardeners in a large greenhouse filled with greenhouses. C, U of a minicacti garden being planted in a pot. The gardener holds it up to admire. Various C, Us of cacti some in tacky animal shaped pots, others in miniature garden settings. M, S of a young woman walking through a large cacti garden with a desert backdrop. She pauses to watch a gardener picking prickly pears from a cactus. C, U of the woman eating a prickly pear. Various shots of a young man painting insecticide onto a cactus. Various shots of an older woman looking at cacti. The people featured are named in the paperwork as Helen Davies, Alfred Randell, David Chantler, Penny Lloyd and Mooly (Molly ) Howell. The gardens are open to the public. General Sir Oliver Leese and his cacti are also featured in Colour Pictorial CP 168, in the story GENERAL SIR OLIVER LEESE S