| CROWNING THE MAY QUEEN May Carnival and the crowning of the May Queen at Knutsford in Cheshire. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5385 |
| Catalog #: | 243097 | |
| Clip Number: | 243097-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1501 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:21 - 01:35:32 | |
| Location: | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Festival Queen HOLIDAYS: May Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: May Day | |
| Description: | Crowning the May Queen - Picturesque scenes at annual ceremony at Knutsford. Knutsford, Cheshire. Various shots show a May carnival procession passing through a town; teenagers in costumes carry large pom-poms, followed by a brass band. Children in black face tow a large shoe on wheels carrying several more children in white bonnets. A small boy sits in a little car (made from a pram) with a banner over the top reading 'The Knuts-Ford!'. Lines of young girls prance past, tapping tambourines as the crowds lining the street look on. In a field, a young girl in white, the May Queen, walks from a platform, followed by pageboys holding her train and two lesser 'queens' carrying flowers. A large crowd watches from a spectator stand in the background; more people stand around the edges of the field. L/S and M/S of the girl in white, sitting on her 'throne' under a canopy, as a young boy in a kilt places a crown on her head. Flower girls sit at her feet. Another young boy climbs up the steps to her throne and holds her hand. | |
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