| SHROVE TUESDAY RAG Manchester University students toss pancakes and collect money during their Shrove Tuesday Rag. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5381 |
| Catalog #: | 247766 | |
| Clip Number: | 247766-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1479 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:17 - 01:24:16 | |
| Location: | Manchester | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FESTIVALS: Students Rags HOLIDAYS: Mardi Gras / Carnival HOLIDAYS: Shrove Tuesday LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Manchester | |
| Description: | Shrove Tuesday Rag - Merry students gather fine "harvest" for the Hospitals. Manchester. M/S of the Mayor making a speech on the steps of a building; M/S of a crowd of university students in fancy dress cheering. M/S of a large man (dressed in a kind of Buster Brown costume of a white shirt, black shorts and ankle socks) walking arm in arm with a man in drag under an arch of frying pans, held aloft by students dressed as chefs and carrying collection boxes. Several more costumed students follow. M/S panning across a line of students, tossing pancakes with their frying pans plus any other implements at hand - a rake, an umbrella; a large crowd watches. C/U of 'Buster Brown' with a lovely young girl in a cloche hat; while she talks he edges nearer then kisses her - a big smacker on the cheek! Great shot for illustrating the 'crazy' late '20s. She wags her finger at him. | |
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