| MINER DANCERS Coal miners rehearse for the National Folk Dancing Display in Durham. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5328 |
| Catalog #: | 279114 | |
| Clip Number: | 279114-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1254 | |
| Timecode: | 01:27:17 - 01:29:51 | |
| Location: | Durham. | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Folk Dance LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Miner dancers. Newbiggin's team straight from pit's mouth, rehearse for forthcoming National Folk Dancing Display. Durham. L/S as the coal miners walk out of the pit entrance. M/S as they are handed sticks, they take their jackets off and one man get his accordion. M/S as the men stand in a circle with their sticks in the air. Aerial view as they start dancing in the circle then twirl around each other interweaving the sticks in a pattern, they come into the middle and form a circle then spread out into a line. The boy in the middle is holding the sticks which have been interwoven. They start dancing on the spot then jump in the air. 'Full dress rehearsal looks like Merrie England back again.' L/S as they walk along in their costumes, the leader is wearing a patterned suit and black top hat, another man is wearing a dress and hat with the same pattern. M/S of the dancers in dark knee breeches, long white socks and white shirts with cummerbunds around their waists. They dance in a circle and the other two run around the outside and through the middle, one man is spun backwards over the stick. C/U of the 'woman' dancing. | |
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