A promotional film produced for The National Trust about Cragside house in Northumberland with narration on the history and importance of the property as well as it's creator Lord William Armstrong by acclaimed regional broadcaster Eric Robson. Title: The National Trust Aerials of Cragside house and surrounding woodland near the market town of Rothbury in Northumberland. The helicopter flies in and then over the Victorian house built by Lord William Armstrong. Title: Cragside Montage...

A promotional film produced for The National Trust about Cragside house in Northumberland with narration on the history and importance of the property as well as it's creator Lord William Armstrong by acclaimed regional broadcaster Eric Robson. Title: The National Trust Aerials of Cragside house and surrounding woodland near the market town of Rothbury in Northumberland. The helicopter flies in and then over the Victorian house built by Lord William Armstrong. Title: Cragside Montage of the site including the Cragside Waterwheel, the grounds of the house, and exteriors of the building itself followed by additional aerials of the house and surrounding moorland expanse. Portrait of William G. Armstrong as a young man changes to the Cragside Waterwheel again slowly turning. Water flows along a burn or stream and an aerial of the nearby river Coquet. A painting showing Armstrong's water crane in operation along the River Tyne at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and archive photographs of the Swing Bridge and the Armstrong Works along the Tyne at Elswick in Newcastle. A second portrait of Lord Armstrong as an older man changes to another aerial of baron moorland and the Cragside estate hidden in the trees. General views of the exterior of the house built on a rocky hillside along with archive photographs showing the house, Lord Armstrong himself as an older man as well as architect Richard Norman-Shaw. Architectural drawing produced by Norman Shaw are followed additional views of the exterior of Cragside featuring the rock garden in front of it and a man crossing a footbridge over the Debdon Burn. Water continues to flow along the Debdon Burn and aerials of the two lakes that make up Nelly's Moss. Extensive wildlife growing along the banks of both lakes and the Powerhouse build beside one of the lakes. Inside the hydro-electric turbine designed by Armstrong and powered by the waters of Nelly's Moss. Outside a solid-copper cable laid in wooden ducks leads through woodland to Cragside. Water flows over a wear on Tumbleton Lake, nearby two rowing boats moored along the banks. The exterior of the pumphouse along Debdon Burn and inside a hydraulic ram which pumped water to Cragside for domestic use. Inside the library at Cragisde a desk beside large bay windows, an electric light sits on the desk, another stands beside it. The drawing room with its inglenook fireplace is followed by views of various other rooms in the house. A small portrait of a young girl hangs on a wall covered with original William Morris wallpaper. In another room Armstrong's collections of stuffed birds and seashells from all over the world. A large painting of a warship, built by Armstrong, hangs in the gallery. A portrait of the Armstrong family together in the library changes to that of a man looking around the room today. On a wall gauges and dials, part of the house's hydro-electric machinery. The man seen previously in the library walks into and looks around the drawing room including the ornate marble fireplace. On a wall an internal telephone, nearby a tiled bath. In the kitchen two pieces of fake-meat turn on a roasting spit powered by Armstrong's innovations in electricity, behind the scenes the workings of said machine. In the pantry a large selection of copper pots and pans. Another aerial over a nearby farm, part of the Cragside estate, changes to a photograph of the greenhouse with a ornately designed planting bed in front of it. Inside various plants and trees grow in the warm moist environment, some on rotating pots. Outside on a lawn in front of the greenhouse an ornament on a plinth, in the background the now delipidated greenhouse in need of restoration. The garden terraces at Cragisde including a fernery and nearby clock tower. On the bottom terrace an Italian garden with a man walking past the cast-iron rose Loggia. The waters of the Debdon Burns flows slowly through a wooded area and additional exterior views of Cragside. Another aerial of the house and gardens followed by a sign pointing to the Armstrong Energy Centre. Inside various information displays and cabinets containing items and models to be viewed by visitors including that of a model of a wind-turbine, an invention which followed on from the work of Armstrong. The film ends with a final aerial view of Cragside with the helicopter now flying away and car leaving the property along the driveway. End credit: Quay Productions (091) 221 0087