| AND THEY SANG AS THEY DANCED ALONG Local people dance and sing around knills steeple | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5347 |
| Catalog #: | 243802 | |
| Clip Number: | 243802-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1315 | |
| Timecode: | 01:07:32 - 01:08:49 | |
| Location: | St. Ives, Cornwall | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Cornwall | |
| Description: | ... and they sang as they danced along. Old and young dance around knills steeple every five years to share in ancient bequest. St. Ives, Cornwall M/S of crowd of people standing in shrubby bit of countryside. L/S of a crowd gathered around a spiky brick pyramid (looks like top of church spire). M/S of a man allowing two members of crowd - an elderly couple - through wrought iron gate and up some steps. M/S of a fiddler leading the old couple and a group of girls in white dancing around base of pyramid. M/S of an elderly woman standing next to a man in ceremonial robes in tricorne hat. C/U of little girls and fiddler; they appear to be singing. | |
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