| EMPIRE DAY People everywhere celebrate Empire Day with costumes and parades. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 515338 | |
| Clip Number: | 515338-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1714 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Various | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Empire Day PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Civic | |
| Description: | MISSING 7/5/2005 See also catalog # 501919 Empire Day. Old and young in thousands join in great festival of prayer and praise. Everywhere. L/S as people parade down a road dressed in costumes from various parts of the Empire. M/S of a woman dressed as Britannia, she walks along in front of the crowd and holds up her trident. L/S of huge crowds of people in a park, with river in the background, some ride on horses, the camera pans across them to a choir singing. M/S as female naval officers and cadets walk along, C/U profile of a man (possibly Prince George, Duke of Kent ?), in naval uniform, he salutes as they march past. Ladies in nursing uniform (?) also march and he salutes. Young male naval cadets pass. C/U of the Duke (?) saluting again. | |
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