| PRINCESS MARY WITH NAVAL HEROES Charming ballet scenes at Southend Hospital. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5115 | |
| Catalog #: | 365790 | |
| Clip Number: | 365790-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 47 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:18 - 01:07:06 | |
| Location: | Southend-on-Sea, Essex | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Theatrical LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex, Southend MILITARY: Rest & Recreation ROYALTY: British, Princess Mary ( Princess Royal ) | |
| Description: | World War One;dance; entertainment. Funny! At Southend Hospital; Princess Mary visits and dancers entertain recuperating Navy men. Shot of Princess arriving; she is greeted by old man in uniform and given lots of flowers by children. Princess Mary and another lady walk across yard. Pan across sailors sitting at tables outdoors; some girls in white hats in BG. The performance: dancer of undetermined gender flinging his or her limbs about energetically; like a bucking bronco; doing some sort of wild jig. The dancer wears a short belted tunic and either tall stockings or boots. A row of nurses stand in BG. Pretty silly and wacky and campy. Next; another funny dance bit: a performance by a girls' ballet school. Group of little girls all on one knee bring their arms up and down in unison (looks like a crowd doing "the Wave"). Then they all teeter about en pointe (on their toes) for a few seconds. Children; jig. | |
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