Blazing Barrels Men Run Around With Blazing Barrels Of Tar In The Festival Of Fire Of A Devon Village Footage

BLAZING BARRELS Men run around with blazing barrels of tar in the Festival of Fire of a Devon village.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6074
	Catalog #:	29068
	Clip Number:	29068-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 627
	Timecode:	01:19:54 - 01:22:36
	Location:	Ottery St Mary, Devon.
	Year Shot:	1966 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	CEREMONIES: Historic / Traditional CEREMONIES: Unusual FESTIVALS: Historical HOLIDAYS: Guy Fawkes Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Devon
	Description:	BLAZING BARRELS (aka GUY FAWKES DAY FESTIVAL AT OTTERY ST.MARY) Men run around with blazing barrels of tar in the Festival of Fire of a Devon village. Ottery St Mary, Devon. In this village on Guy Fawkes day we see the local custom of men and boys wearing large mittens and running through the streets with a blazing barrel of tar! At dusk, boys carry small blazing barrels. It looks like a kind of a relay race. A crowd stands around watching. LS Church of Ottery St. Mary. LS Almost deserted High Street. LS Large crowd outside Masons Arms flaming barrels on ground. MS Large group of children pan down R. to blazing barrels on road. Children outside house. LSHA Crowd watching boy running down road with blazing barrel camera follows hands over barrel to another boy who runs back in opposite direction. MS Boy hands barrel to another who runs past camera down road. MS Another boy running with blazing barrel in opposite direction drops it on road other boys arrive to pick up barrel again another boy runs to and past camera drops barrel in road. C.S. Another boy picks up barrel and runs down road. LSHA Another boy running past camera with barrel runs out of frame. MSHA Boys watching. MS Boy running down road with barrel. HALS Ditto runs back in opposite direction. LS Carnival Queen on float as it passes camera. Tracking shots of crowds along side of road. MSLA People on float as it passes camera in costume. MS Float of boat HMS Beatle passing camera. MS Children waving sparklers. MS Flames of large barrel being fed. MS Large flaming barrel being run down street. MS People standing round blazing barrel. MS Blazing barrel. C.S. Blazing barrel. MS Blazing barrel being run down street. MS Men standing round blazing barrel. MS End of blazing barrels as boys run past. MS Blazing barrel being run past camera R. to L. LS Ditto opposite direction. C.S. People running in front of blazing barrel man picks up barrel and runs away with it.