| “PLAITING THE MAYPOLE” ... ON HORSEBACK! Policemen ride around the Maypole. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5503 |
| Catalog #: | 252881 | |
| Clip Number: | 252881-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/57 | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:00 - 01:06:51 | |
| Location: | Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Horses HOLIDAYS: May Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Law Enforcement, Police ROYALTY: British | |
| Description: | GAZETTE “Thames Ditton. ‘Plaiting the maypole’ ... on horseback! Princess Marie Louise and Lord Trenchard, at unique exhibition of perfect equestrianship by Metropolitan mounted police - at annual tournament.” Thames Ditton, Surrey. Policemen on horseback perform ancient Maypole ceremony. They ride round the pole holding ribbons and weaving in and out to form a plait. Shot of dignitaries watching - presumably including Princess Marie Louise and Lord Trenchard. [Trenchard, the reknowned avaition theorist, advocate of the RAF, and popularizer of beliefs concerning the efficacy of strategic bombing, had retired from the RAF in 1929. He was commisioner for the London metropolitian police from 1931-1935.] More shots of Mounted policemen performing their display. | |
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