| GRAND FETE LEYTON - HETTY KING AND GEORGE MOZART ENTERTAIN IN AID OF HOSPITAL FUND | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5124 | |
| Catalog #: | 366121 | |
| Clip Number: | 366121-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 75 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:08 - 01:22:22 | |
| Location: | Leyton, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Recreational (Tug O War, Sack Race, etc) FESTIVALS: Fairs LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England RECREATION: Games, Sack Race | |
| Description: | Festival; entertainment. Grand Fete Leyton; fundraiser for Hospital Fund. Opens with DS - even Aerial - of cricket match in progress. Then DS panning over festival grounds with crowd standing round a large oval area where races are being run; some other people walk about or stand in small groups. Close view of entertainers on stage; with a few audience members - man and some kids -- and a couple musicians -- in FG. On stage 3 comedians walking around in a row acting silly - slapstick; 3-stooges like. Woman (performer Hetty King) dressed in army uniform but with skirt to the knees; she is singing a song; with funny movements. Music hall type. CU King speaking; laughing. King with soldiers; she shakes hands; kisses them; jokes with them; etc. Silly race; with the contestants coming toward camera like a bunch of clowns; very Monty Python-like; with all manner of silly walks; or runs. Hetty is in the lead. Shot of some of the guys fallen on the ground; with another man leaning over; "listening" to the foot of one of the fallen.homefront; World War One. | |
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