| FUN AND FROLIC AT GATESHEAD'S FIRST CARNIVAL Street parade and festivities in Gateshead. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5372 |
| Catalog #: | 54805 | |
| Clip Number: | 54805-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1430 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:08 - 01:35:33 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. FESTIVALS: Carnivals LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Carnivals | |
| Description: | Fun & Frolic. At Gateshead First Carnival. Gateshead, North of England Shots from above show the Carnival procession, which consists of a brass band, various floats and costumes, and some people dressed as butchers. They wear straw hats. Small children scramble to pick up money thrown by crowd who line the route. A man dressed as a jester, dances and is watched by others in medieval costume. A crowd stand under a covered way. Amid the crowd, a strange man dressed in a Klu Klux Klan style headdress, - a pointed hat with slits for eyes, moves along the back of the row. | |
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