| KEEP BRITISH EMPIRE DAY BRITISH A packed stadium watches nuns, nurses and scouts parade in honour of the Empire. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5256 |
| Catalog #: | 507731 | |
| Clip Number: | 507731-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1088 | |
| Timecode: | 01:20:01 - 01:23:44 | |
| Location: | Wembley Stadium, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Civic HOLIDAYS: Empire Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 242688 See also catalog # 507740 KEEP BRITISH EMPIRE DAY BRITISH A packed stadium watches nuns, nurses and scouts parade in honour of the Empire. Wembley Stadium, London. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught attends school children's Empire Day celebrations. High angled L/S of an enormous, packed stadium, a brass band plays in front of the stands, a procession of nurses march past. L/S of troops of Girl Guides and Scouts marching around the stadium, panning shot across the stands, hundreds of umbrellas have been opened. L/S of vicars and choir boys processing across the pitch. Panning shot across the end of a stadium, some of the vicars (bishops, perhaps?) appear to be giving a sermon from a raised platform. L/S of lots of choir boys walking across the pitch from the raised platform. More panning shots showing all the open umbrellas in the stands. More L/Ss of a vicar leading choir boys across the pitch, a choir master appears to be conducting as they sing. More shots of choir boys, vicars and bishops coming off the raised platform onto the pitch, we see them pass a large Union Jack flying on the pitch. M/S of women in uniform - district nurses? - marching past the Union Jack held up by a soldier. M/S of nuns and nurses passing the soldier holding the flag. | |
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