| THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY May Day Fest on Football Field | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6718 | |
| Catalog #: | 373065 | |
| Clip Number: | 373065-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 60 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:21 - 01:36:36 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Folk Dance HOLIDAYS: May Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY May Day procession - crowning of the May Queen - Maypole dancing. The May Queen, a girl c. age 13, walks toward camera, between 2 lines of other girls all in long white dresses (those in FG all younger); 2 small girls walk behind her carrying her train, and a young boy follows carrying a crown of flowers on a cushion; crowd in BG spread out around edge of football field. MLS May Queen seated on throne while last year's queen(?) places crown on her head. CU May Queen wearing her floral crown and smiling nervously. Next, festivities and games. Wide shot people in period costumes doing folk dance on the football field; people watch from round the edge; cottages in BG. MS guy in a big white smock playing a fiddle; woman beside him. More dancing. Next, people on the field playing a very silly parody of polo- -each player wears around his waist a longish box covered w/ cloth, w/ a wooden horse's head sticking up from it. They run around crashing into each other and whacking a ball around the field w/ hockey sticks. More folk dancing follows. Then the Maypole: wide shot little girls in white dancing in and out as they wind the ribbons. | |
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