| A PAGEANT OF MERRIE ENGLAND Elizabeth, Duchess of York, sees re-enactment of historical scene in Ashdown Forest. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5410 |
| Catalog #: | 243798 | |
| Clip Number: | 243798-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1626 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:09 - 01:01:31 | |
| Location: | Ashdown Forest, East Sussex | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Historical (Pre 1900) HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: Elizabethan Age LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Sussex ROYALTY: British, Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother, Queen Mum) | |
| Description: | A pageant of Merrie England. Episode of English history enacted in Ashdown Forest, before the Duchess of York. East Sussex. M/S as Elizabeth, Duchess of York walks along with another lady, several other couples follow her. M/S as a parade of people dressed in Elizabethan costume walk past the camera. M/S as one man holds a metal bar under a hammer attached to a long wooden pole on a pivot, the hammer swings down and hits the metal, another man hits it in between the pole going up and down. M/S of a marriage, the couple kneel before clergyman who blesses them, then they walk off hand in hand with their arms raised. | |
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