| MERRY MAY May day celebration at Elstow - crowning the "May Queen". | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5518 |
| Catalog #: | 255625 | |
| Clip Number: | 255625-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/37 | |
| Timecode: | 01:41:36 - 01:42:59 | |
| Location: | Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Ceremonies HOLIDAYS: May Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: May Day PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Seasonal | |
| Description: | "MERRY MAY - Dainty & pretty Festival at Elstow." Elstow, Bedfordshire. A boy in top hat is raised over crowd of children. He announces the arrival of "The Queen". Crowds are gathered at the Village Green for the ceremony of crowning "May Queen." This is the traditional way to celebrate the arrival of spring. The Queen and her entourage walking slowly surrounded by crowds mostly children. The Queen is a young girl in a white dress with a long veil. Veil is held by two small girls also in white. There are several more girls in white behind them. All the girls have white blossoms in their hands. Crowds looking on. The Queen sits on the throne bedecked with flowers and she is crowned. Children cheer. A long procession of children in white walks along the Green. Close up shot of the Queen. Various shots of the children dancing around the pole with crowds watching. | |
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