| THE SUPER MOUTH ORGAN Harmonicas Giant and Mini | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6790 |
| Catalog #: | 444656 | |
| Clip Number: | 444656-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 277 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Cockneys/Pearlies | |
| Description: | THE SUPER MOUTH ORGAN Teeny (2 inch) and gigantic (17 feet) harmonicas played by Pearlies in street. Funny film showing a Coster Band playing an enormous fake harmonica. London CU teeny tiny harmonica c. 2" long, held in palm of man's hand. CU man raises this mini-harmonica to his mouth and plays it; by the way the man is wearing lots of decorative white buttons trimming his jacket and cloth cap he looks to be a Pearly; his friends are also in pearly clothes. A group of more pearlies all wearing plaid suits and caps decorated with buttons come down the street carrying a 17-foot harmonica; crowd on sidewalks and street - men, women, babies in prams and older kids. Pearlies carry the big harmonica (which says Blue Bird on side) toward camera and onto sidewalk. MLS tilt down (from platform?) Pearlies carry harmonica past followed by a gang of young boys. MLS the aforementioned group of pearly guys sit alongside harmonica at rt. all playing it together, while other Pearly types play guitar and accordian, and Pearly female wearing hat crowned with huge plumes dances with 2 Pearly men. CU one guy puffing on his section of the harmonica. Back to previous view of dancers. MS the rather small guy who's playing the teeny harmonica stands beside big one; another guy dances beside him, moving his arms almost as if he's conducting, then grabs the little harmonica guy and sets him on the end of the big harmonica while others are still playing it; in BG are accordian player and the pearly lady who is nowplaying ukelele. Music, musical instruments, entertainment, unusual, size, big, small, wacky, bizarre, unusual people, Pearlies, Pearly Kings and Queens, London, Cockney, silly | |
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