Upstairs, Downstairs - James's suicide
Near 11 minute clip from the last series of the critically-acclaimed period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs". War veteran James Bellamy life burns to ashes, as his fortune made over in America invested using a deceased relative of house maid Rose Buck's Will money given generously, all comes to blows as it's 1929, the event of the "Wall Street Crash", which began "The Great Depression" in the 1930's. This was all too much to bear for Bellamy, not to mention his First World War experiences, which he could never try to comprehend and get over. His father Richard Bellamy at the beginning here, is very disappointed in his son's (lack of) handiwork.
The scene is very well-acted, and it's tastefully done. The seres charts the Bellamy family through 5 series (1971-1975), which starts in 1903 and up to 1930 in chronological order. The series is set in a large Edwardian townhouse of the wealthy Bellamy family. they are the masters "Upstairs", while their servants are "Downstairs". It highlights the mood of the early 20th century of high and low-class living standards, the trial of the First World War and the Politics scene at the time. David Langton plays as Robert Bellamy, 1st Viscount Bellamy of Haversham, and Simon Williams plays a ex-Major James Bellamy.
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