| LONDON'S MAY QUEEN CROWNED | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5128 | |
| Catalog #: | 366258 | |
| Clip Number: | 366258-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 89 O | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:55 - 01:47:44 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1915 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Festival Queen HOLIDAYS: May Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Children/holidays/contests. A little girl is being crowned "May Queen of London". She sits on a platform/"dais" wearing a white gown with lettering on the front proclaiming "The Chosen"; she holds a long scepter; around her on the ground and also on the platform are other children; dressed in a variety of costumes with a spring seasonal floral or woodsy theme - - girls with wreaths of flowers in their hair; a boy in a sort of Robin Hood outfit and some sort of plant life attached to his cap; etc. A kid in an ancient costume with cape etc. places the crown upon the new May Queen. Behind her someone holds up a standard with her title. Next; shot of a procession of kids -- a bunch of little girls in white walk along; the first holds sign "May Queen of Bromley"; then that May Queen walks; with another small girl behind her holding her train. More kids; with the Robin Hood type outfits; girls in white caps; black laced-up vests; floral skirts; and then the London May Queen; in a magnificent litter with a canopy; the whole thing raised above the others' heads; and on wheels; her court walk around this contraption. Then a shot of the "Queen" standing on platform; with other kids in BG. CU May Queen; someone's arm reaching up to her crown. Cute. Beauty contests; holidays; parades; May Day. | |
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