| THE RAG OF RAGS Manchester students' annual shrove Tuesday Rag Parade. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5332 |
| Catalog #: | 247780 | |
| Clip Number: | 247780-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1269 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:44 - 01:44:43 | |
| Location: | Lancashire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FESTIVALS: Mardi Gras / Carnival FESTIVALS: Students Rags HOLIDAYS: Mardi Gras / Carnival HOLIDAYS: Shrove Tuesday LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Lancashire PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Mardi Gras/Carnival | |
| Description: | The Rag of Rags. Manchester students gather record sum for hospitals in Annual Shrove Tuesday 'Rag'. Lancashire. Various high angled shots of a parade of students in fancy dress coming up a crowd lined street; some ride horses, others are on trucks, people look out of the windows of a tram that is stuck in the middle of the crowds. The students are dressed as clowns, harlequins and pirates, some throw flour bombs into the crowds. M/S of a group of students in fancy dress on the back of a truck, a large sign hangs above them reading - 'Have you got your colour blind test?' M/S of a group of students dressed as pirates; they wave their wooden cutlasses at the camera. M/S of a group of students dressed as monks; they toss fake pancakes in frying pans. | |
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