| “AS NICE AS NICE!” Traditional Battle of Flowers held in St Helier, Jersey. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5505 |
| Catalog #: | 253736 | |
| Clip Number: | 253736-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/63 | |
| Timecode: | 01:14:19 - 01:15:40 | |
| Location: | St. Helier, Jersey. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Unusual HORTICULTURE/FLOWERS: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Channel Islands, Jersey PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Costume PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Silly | |
| Description: | “St. Heliers [sic]. ‘As Nice as Nice!” Fun - fast and furious - at Jersey’s famous Carnival and Battle of Flowers.” St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Young boys dressed as sailors pull small float decorated with flowers to look like a boat. In it sits a young girl. Float decorated as a house with young boy dressed as Santa Claus / Father Christmas stuck in the chimney. Float decorated as Roman chariot with two flower horses pulling it. Larger floats travel round the arena. One float is decorated in memory of the soldiers of WW1. One looks like a Viking longboat. The Battle of Flowers starts. People in crowd and people on floats start throwing flowers at each other. Flowers are torn from the floats and thrown at the crowd. | |
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