Festivals Footage - WPA Film Library

Festivals

STUDENTS RAG Students from University College Hospital in London hold their rag in the quadrangle and lob traditional missiles like tomatoes, soot and flour bom

MEMPHIS EN FETE King and Queen Cotton are presented with keys to the city of Memphis

The Running of the Bulls

"Rose Monday" Celebration

Be - In

Malaysia Festival

Mardi-Gras: Whoop-la Precedes Lenten Season

White House Fair

Mardi Gras Ushes In Lenten Season

Apple Blossom Festival

Largest Shortcake Sliced

Students In Wild Battle

Paro Festival

Apple Blossoms: Thousands Throng Virginia Festival

Palisades Park National Triplet Convention

Oregon, Timber Carnival

Watermelon Jubilee

On The Political Front

Viareggio Carnival

Medieval Pageantry At Sienna.

Carnival Time

Blossoms Are In The Air At Valencia's Festival

St. Paralino Honored In The Festival Of Lilies

Paro Festival

IN THE VAN Laundry Girls' Contests & Races

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF BRANDENBURG Ethnic Costumes at Brandenburg Festival

Mardi Gras Defies Weather.

THE BATTLE OF BRIXTON Polytechnic students attack Brixton School of Building to recover a stolen mascot.

IRAQ A look at Baghdad in Iraq.

Dickens Fete; c.1920s

Veterans' Fest: War Memorial Ceremony, Beer Drinking, etc.

Sports: New York, Pie-Throwing

Village Fete With Contests

Scottish Gathering; c. 1920s

Dragon Dance in China; c. 1920

Coronation of "Rosiere" in Belgian Fest, C. 1920s

Students' Day Parade; Fest; 1928

BALLETS RUSSES - FESTIVAL OF NARCISSUS Ballet on open-air stage in mountainous area followed by procession through town.

Glasgow Police Sports Festival, c. 1920s

Hungarian Festival; c. 1920s

German Fest: Kids in Historical Costumes

Oktoberfest in Munich; c. 1920

STREET PARADE Drinking and Dancing at Night Street Fest

Shirley Williams Queen Of Citrus

Festival "Les Soufflaculs"

Welsh Eisteddfod Festival

St. Catherine's Day in Paris

Religious Festival

Mardi Gras Carnival

Sports: Running of the Bulls

THE OLD FAIR Horse Race; Carnival

Chinese Race Dragon Boats

The Queen Visits A Fair

After The Ball

HIGHLAND GAMES Nova Scotia Highland Games

RUSSIAN HOLIDAY Villagers in remote part of USSR hold traditional sports day.

MUNICH BEER FESTIVAL Oktoberfest in Munich.

This Is Fun? Amateurs Fight Battle Of Bull Run - Running of the Bulls

Bull Run At Pamplona.

Arrival Of The Regal Carnival Couple On St. Thomas

Spain: Running Of The Bulls

Nice Carnival.

Gasparilla Pirate Crew Sails Into Tampa

COTTON CARNIVAL

Gainesville Texas Celebrates Centennial

Pirate crew captures city!

Entire City Turns Out For National Holiday High Jinx

Famous orange show features colonial motif!

Twins Team Up For Outing

Old World Fete Marks Michigan Tulip Festival

Salmon Queen Hails Fleet On 73rd Jubilee

Elaborate Pageant Ushers In Gorgeous 1931 Raisin Festival

Gay Citizens Test 'ein Stein'

Frosh 'say it with flour'!

Tulip Festival

Berea Fair

WORLD AT YOUR ELBOW - CAPETOWN CARNIVAL Carnival in South Africa

ALL'S FAIR IN SOHO Carnival parade, beauty contest and silly races at Soho Fair, includes good Beatnik shots.

THE FEAST OF THE LANTERNS Picturesque lantern festival is held in Japan.

OLD TIMERS FESTIVAL Gold rush days revived at Sourdough Festival at Yukon, Canada.

FAIR ENOUGH

HOLIDAY NEWS - KITE FESTIVAL

MARDI GRAS Carnival Processions in New Orleans

Religious Festival

State Fair

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IN MICHIGAN

BERLIN HOLDS JAZZ FESTIVAL Mute item with Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity, Fred Van Hove.

CHANNEL SWIM SKIT Odd item showing fancy dress high-jinks at Cookham Regatta.

ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS The Water Carnival at Clacton in Essex tries to recreate a taste of the South Sea Islands.

FETE IN SEVILLE little girl dancing at fete

ALDERSHOT COMMAND TATTOO Napoleon, King Richard and jousting all feature at Aldershot Command Tattoo.

THE GREAT SNAIL RACE Nice little film showing a fete with a French flavour.

CROWNING OF THE ROSE QUEEN AT HEATON PARK Traditional rose queen pageant in Manchester.

QUEEN OF ROSES Patricia Stockdale is crowned Rose Queen in Llandough.

PENNIES FROM THE TOWNSMEN KISSES FROM THE GIRLS

SCARBOROUGH SPA A parade with people in historical costumes marks the Scarborough Spa centenary.

BOLTON'S CIVIC WEEK A pageant of youth starts Bolton's first civic week.

DUSTBIN RECORD BREAKING STUNTS Rag events including measuring bins and driving a motorised pram.

SUMMER IS Y......COMEN IN First day of summer is celebrated with "Hobby Horse Revels"

110,000 PEOPLE acrobats at Annual Floral Fete, Shrewsbury.

THE ALL LANCASHIRE DICKENS Fancy dress carnival with a Charles Dickens theme

IN SYLVAN SURROUNDINGS People in Elizabethan costume rehearse for the Wimbledon Historical Pageant

BRIGHT EVENING AT BRIGHTON The Brighton Carnival

AS NICE AS NICE Flower-covered floats and the Battle of the Flowers at Jersey's famous festival.

MORECAMBE CARNIVAL AND MERRIER THAN EVER Seaside carnival parade.

LADY CHARNISWORTH Lady Charnisworth opens a fete at Wolverhampton.

SOUTH SHIELDS CARNIVAL A street parade in Newcastle, including a mock royal wedding.

NEWPORT HOSPITAL FETE Lots of decorated floats take part in Newport Hospital Fete in Wales.

BLYTH CARNIVAL People parade in the Blyth Carnival in Northumberland in aid of Thomas Knight Hospital.

WELSH NATIONAL PAGEANT David Lloyd George's family take part in Welsh pageant, Harlech Castle,

10,000 SCHOLARS 10,000 Scholars takes part in fancy dress in Lancashire.

PRINCE HENRY Prince Henry opens a pageant in which performers act out the history of Harrow.

NEWPORT'S FETE AND CARNIVAL Parades and processions make up Newport's carnival in aid of Royal Gwent Hospital.

HERE COMES THE FIRE BRIGADE A student rag in Manchester includes a daring jump by one young woman.

CROWNING OF THE MAY QUEEN Some young girls from Walworth pose in their May Queen outfits.

SALFORD ROYAL HOSPITAL Felix the Cat was a popular choice in the Salford Royal Hospital fancy dress parade.

PANTO DAY Liverpool University Students parade in fancy dress to raise money for local hospitals.

RUMANIAN VILLAGE NEW YEAR CUSTOMS Villagers performing a folk dance as part of New Year celebrations.

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD The Queen and her family attend the National Eisteddfod in Wales.

COMMON RIDING Scotsmen commemorate the battle of Flodden Fields, Hawich, Scotland

CENTURY OLD WALLASEY FESTIVAL Traditional festival where a little girl is crowned the Rose Queen.

FULHAM CIVIC WEEK A religious service inaugurates Fulham Civic Week.

MUNICH SET FOR 1972 OLYMPICS Work on the sites of the Munich 1972 Olympic.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - JAPANESE SHINTO FESTIVAL

HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS CARNIVAL

HISTORIC FETE AT SIENNA The historic horse race and the presentation of colours in the streets of Sienna.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - MITCHAM FAIR OPENED

OPENING OF MITCHAM FAIR Traditional opening of Mitcham Fair with a giant key.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - GLASGOW (STUDENTS RAG). Students battle it out (literally) at elections. Glasgow, Scotland.

STUDENTS RAG LIVERPOOL Liverpool students hold rag procession through the city.

THE BATTLE OF BRIXTON Polytechnic students attack Brixton School of Building to recover a stolen mascot.

SOUTHAMPTON RAG Southampton students go on charity pub crawl.

SOAPBOX RACE FOR CHARITY These homemade vehicles are being raced from Christchurch to Poole in Dorset.

MOTOR BED AIDS RAG Students' motorised bed and Olympic torch race to raise money for charity in St. Albans.

CHARITIES DAY PARADE

STUDENT RAG Good footage of student rag at Exeter University in Devon.

ELECTION RUMPUS Police intervene when students get out of hand at election rag. Chelsea, London.

ROMAN PROCESSION IN AID OF THE WORLD REFUGEE YEAR Students in Roman dress on horse-back, in cars, chariots and collecting money from onlookers.

BRISTOL RAG-TIME (aka BRISTOL UNIVERSITY RAG) Students from Bristol University have a parade and them throw rotten fruit at each other.

STUDENTS RAG DAY Reading University's student rag

STUDENTS' RAG End of term students' rag is held in the grounds of Goldsmith's College, London.

STUDENT'S RAG Footage of students rag at Goldsmith's College, London.

LONDON STUDENTS RAG Students in the streets of London during rag week.

BRISTOL - RAG WEEK Students run Carnival rag through City streets in Bristol.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LAMBETH CIVIC FESTIVAL

LIVERPOOL-STUDENTS RAG Students Rag in Liverpool

CARNIVAL IN BEAUVAIS

FOREIGN WORKERS IN BAVARIA TAKE PART IN SPECIAL CATHOLIC CHURCH EVENT Bishop Tabera takes the service at Bamberg Cathedral, display of folk dancing in the eveni

RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN HOLLAND

HARVEST FESTIVAL Harvest festival in the village of Stoke Dabernon

INDIAN MONSOON FESTIVAL Indians celebrate the coming of rain at monsoon festival in Jaipur in India.

Selected Originals - INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Material relating to newsreel story "International Eisteddfod" - 53/53

CEYLON FESTIVAL The annual Esala Perhera Festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

SHOTS OF SHANGHAI Street celebration in Shanghai, China.

JUGGERNAUT FESTIVAL Hindus celebrate their spectacular "Chariot Festival" at Puri, Orissa.

JUNGLE MEN COME TO TOWN Sadhus, holy men who rarely leave the jungle, come to town for one of their religious festivals.

HINDU FESTIVAL OF JAGGANETH

SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL AT SOUTH SHIELDS IN AID OF INGHAM INFIRMARY Good turn out for carnival at South Shields

A CITY HELD UP Glasgow students organise a great charity rag.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - MANCHESTER STUDENTS RAG

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - MANCHESTER STUDENTS' IMPERSONATIONS

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - LONDON STUDENTS RAG

NORTHAMPTON COLLEGE STUDENT'S RAG Northampton engineering college student's rag in London.

A WHOLE CITY MAKES WHOOPEE! Students in Glasgow raise money for charity with fan

STUDENTS ARE THE SAME THE WHOLE WORLD OVER Student rag day in Sydney - lots of t

"MERRY GOES THE DAY WHEN THE HEART IS YOUNG" Mad rag event in London - lots of flour and soot throwing going on.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 100) The gay Antlass Ritt Festival. Annual festival to commermorate Austria's victory in the 30 Year War.

A NATIONAL HARVEST FESTIVAL Nazi symbolism mixes with harvest celebrations in massive rally in Germany.

PLUM PUDDINGS IN PROCESSION A great village feast - beef, cheese, beer, cider and plum pudding are on the menu.

EAST BRENT HOLDS HARVEST FESTIVAL Traditional harvest festival in Somerset that ends with villagers having a feast.

MUSLIM FESTIVAL Festival of Ed-Afrifa at South Shields

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ORANGES AND LEMONS CELEBRATED AT MENTONE

GLASGOW UNIVERSITY POLL Students' Rectorial election at Glasgow University.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Costers' Harvest Festival.

THEATRICAL GARDEN PARTY A theatrical garden party run by the stars in Regents Park London.

CUTS / OUT TAKES for CHANNEL SWIM SKIT

GLORIOUS FOURTH AT ETON Etonian students join in schools carnivals

KATE KENNEDY DAY Students from St. Andrew's University in Scotland hold annual pageant on Kate Kennedy Day.

KATE KENNEDY DAY Students at St. Andrew's University put on historical pageant in memory of their Patroness Kate Kennedy.

THE PANTO RAG Students at Liverpool University enjoy a day of throwing flour bom

THIS TOOK PLACE IN ABERDEEN! Fancy dressed students in rag parade frolics on the

EACH YEAR BETTER THAN THE LAST! Students in Newcastle-on-Tyne raise money for lo

BIRMINGHAM STUDENTS' CARNIVAL Birmingham University students in fancy dress for their charity rag parade.

STUDENTS HOSPITAL CARNIVAL Students raise money for hospital by dressing up and collecting from floats.

EACH YEAR BETTER THAN LAST Students in fancy dress for charity 'rag'

PAN TO DAY (PANTO DAY) Charity 'rag' held by students

A CITY HELD UP "Joy Rag" charity event for Hull's Infirmary, Yorkshire.

A CITY HELD UP Student rag in Birmingham in large charity event for hospitals

ALL IN THE CAUSE OF CHARITY To raise money for charity, students from Portsmouth dress up as Ku Klux Klan members and get the Lord Mayor to join them.

THE PANTO RAG Students take part in Panto Rage in Liverpool.

1500 STUDENTS 1500 students from Manchester take part in rag to raise money for hospitals.

A JOLLY GOOD FIRE TO ROAST THEM (version 1) Students at UCL celebrate Guy Fawkes Night with rag parade and enormous bonfire.

READING'S RESPECTABLE RAG Students at Reading University raise money for charity with fancy dress carnival parade.

JOLLY POLY STUDENTS Students' fancy dress parade through West End to raise money for extension scheme.

AND A PENNY MORE Glasgow students raise money for charity.

WHAT A LIFE Student parade and perform antics in Exeter to illustrate the different stages of life.

FOR CHELSEA ARTS BALL Slade students dress up as St. George and the Dragon for their latest stunt.

BRADFORD COLLEGE STUDENTS hold novel and highly successful rag.

BATTLE OF GOWER STREET Student rag provides excellent entertainment by staging a flour fight.

ANNUAL HOSPITAL RAG Street parade with a flour fight thrown in.

LONDONERS HELD UP University Hospital students perform rag stunts to raise money.

MANCHESTER STUDENTS' GREAT CHARITY "RAG" Manchester University students wear funny costumes for their charity 'rag'.

SHROVE TUESDAY RAG Manchester University students toss pancakes and collect money during their Shrove Tuesday Rag.

STUDENTS "ALL STAR" CAST University students put on a moviemaking skit as part of their rag week.

THE PILGRIM FATHERS COME BACK University Rag with an American theme in Nottingham, during a heavy snowfall!

ALL FOR CHARITY Newcastle University students seen in fancy dress during their rag week.

RAG TIMES Much funny business as the Mayor of Bradford meets University students, dressed for their 'rag' week.

20,000 EGGS, SOOT AND FLOUR Glasgow University students battle with eggs, soot and flour bombs during the Rectorial Election Rag.

20,000 EGGS SOOT AND FLOUR Students at Glasgow University take part in good-natured fight with eggs, soot and flour.

ALL IN THE CAUSE OF CHARITY Students from Middlesex Hospital raid West End stores and steal a brown bear for charity.

MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS Art students from Kensington dress up as wooden toys in aid of Middlesex Hospital.

A JOYOUS RAG Students hold a Rag in the streets

THE NOAHS ARK RAG Art students dress as animals on Noah's ark

PICTURESQUE PARADE Glasgow Students raise money for charity with enormous fancy dress parade.

STUDENTS RUSSIAN RAG Students dressed as Cossacks hold a fake political meeting in Market Square, Cambridge.

WHO SAID WE CAN'T MAKE BRITISH PICTURES? Quirky item showing students play acting being Hollywood movie makers.

THE RAG OF RAGS Manchester students' annual shrove Tuesday Rag Parade.

RAG DAYS JOY DAY Welsh students have a comedy rugby match in fancy dress for Rag Week.

STUDENTS RADIO APPEAL Students' rag parade in Newcastle.

HOSPITALS' CUP FINAL Medical students rag parade.

IN THE CAUSE OF CHARITY College students comedy fancy dress parade for charity in Bradford.

THE PRAM RAG Male students dress as mothers and babies and take part in a pram race in Cambridge.

AN UNOFFICIAL OPENING Students put on a rag before opening of new Union club in Newcastle.

A RIGHT ROYAL RAG (TINTED) The Lord Mayor of Bradford unveils a guillotine and pretends to be beheaded by students.

INVASION OF ENGLAND University Students Rag. Students in fancy dress entertain large crowds in Durham.

COME TO THE FAIR! Traditional opening ceremony for Mitcham Fair in Surrey.

THE RIVIERA RIVALLED Jersey's annual battle of the flowers festival, Jersey.

BETTER THAN EVER Crowds of people turn out for the Newport Carnival, Wales.

IN CUCKOOLAND PAGEANT Schoolchildren from Liverpool take part in a pageant of fairyland.

BARNET FAIR Horses on show at the Barnet Fair

ALL WALES IS A SEA OF SONG Ancient ceremony marks the Proclamation of Welsh National Eisteddfod in Pontypool.

ROYAL WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Men and women in robes take part in opening ceremony of Royal Welsh National Eisteddfod.

WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Robed individuals carry out ancient rituals for the National Eisteddfod.

WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD The Welsh National Eisteddfod is proclaimed for 1929 in Liverpool, with ancient Bardic rites.

WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD The opening ceremony of the Welsh National Eisteddfod

THEATRICAL GARDEN PARTY Theatrical Garden Party to raise money for the Actor's Orphanage

HIGH JINKS OFF THE STAGE Fairground attractions at the Theatrical Garden Party, Royal Hospital Gardens, Chelsea.

FAREWELL 1926 A student stunt sees out the old year with medical students on horse drawn carts.

ROYAL BOROUGH OF DUMBARTON Carnival atmosphere at celebrations of Dumbarton's seventh centenary

THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN Dublin Children's festival - fancy dress parade.

CROWNING THE MAY QUEEN Celebrations for the coming of Spring at Knutsford, Cheshire.

CHEERFUL SPARROWS FETE Children's fancy dress parade.

HUNGERFORD HOCK-TIDE Annual country village tradition of Hock - tide

GHANA CELEBRATES The first all-African dominion Ghana celebrates its independence.

MADARAKA CELEBRATIONS President Kenyatta attends 6th anniversary of Kenya's independence.

PARTY PARTY The United Party, South Africa's opposition party hold a Prosperity Fair.

LEEDS CHILDREN'S DAY - Leeds Only Fancy dress party, crowning of the Queen, country dancing - a great day for Leeds children.

OIREACHTAS NA GAELICE - IRISH FESTIVAL IN DUBLIN CATHEDRAL Annual celebration of Gaelic culture and language from Dublin.

GOOSEBERRY PIE ancient gooseberry pie festival

Selected Originals - EDINBURGH FESTIVAL Material related to newsreel story "Edinburgh Festival" - 51/70.

Selected Originals - FILM GARDEN PARTY (aka STARS STEP OUT - FUN STEPS IN!) Material related to newsreel story "Stars Step Out - Fun Steps In! (aka Film Garden Party)" - 50/50.

STARS STEP OUT - FUN STEPS IN! Film stars attend Film Garden Party at Morden.

JAPANESE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako preside over Japan's 2600th birthday celebrations.

FAIR FOR WAR FUND General Smuts attends Benoni Fair in aid of South African war fund.

OLD ENGLISH GARDEN FETE The Princess Royal attends a garden fete at Regents Park.

A REAL FAIRY PRINCESS Princess Ileana attends Cromer Carnival in Norfolk and takes part in the festivities.

MARI GWALIA - MARY OF WALES Queen Marie of Romania is initiated as a member of the Gorsedd Circle of Bards in Wales.

ROYAL BARDS Duke and Duchess of York are initiated as members of Gorsedd at Welsh National Eisteddfod.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 69) Pagan ceremony in Bavaria

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN PONTYPOOL Edward, Prince of Wales, is crowned in Bardic Robes at Welsh National Eisteddfod.

A RIGHT ROYAL RAG The Lord Mayor of Bradford unveils a guillotine and pretends to be beheaded by students.

PLYMOUTH CIVIC WEEK Lady Jellicoe launches a lifeboat at Plymouth, followed by cricket at Lords.

COME TO THE FAIR Mitcham fair is opened

OPEN AIR DANCING Lord and Lady Aberdeen watch children dance in Dublin.

QUEEN MARGOT Margot Asquith dresses as Queen Elizabeth I in aid of Wingfield Hospital.

MITCHAM FAIR Mitcham Fair in Surrey is opened for the first time by a lady - Mrs Hallowes.

QUINS IN PUBLIC Dionne Quins at Northern Ontario Outfitters Carnival, North Bay, Canada.

KING AND QUEEN AT FESTIVAL OF YOUTH King, Queen and Princesses attend the Festival of Youth.

WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Druids hold a ceremony before the start of the Welsh f

VILLAGE FAIR Village fair in centre of London, at Hyde Park Crescent.

ISLE OF WIGHT POP FESTIVAL 'The Liverpool Scene' perform on stage at Isle of Wight Pop Festival.

CLACTON CARNIVAL

ORGANIST LOUIS BENNET PERFORMANCE Organist Louis Bennet performing at the Prague Jazz festival.

JAZZ 1966 AT BELGIAN FESTIVAL Stars performing on stage at Belgian Jazz Festival.

CENTENARY OF RUMANIAN POET Rumanians celebrating the centenary of George Cosbuc's birth.

ANCIENT FESTIVAL REVIVED Ritualistic dancing in Kohomba Kankariya festival invokes blessings on Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.

STUDENT RAG All the fun of the student rag, with pram pushing, tiddlywinks and piano smashing.

SHEIK YAPOKITS Students from Glasgow University put on rag in Kelvin Grove Park. Scotland.

INDIA'S GUY FAWKES Delhi celebrates festival of Dussehra - burning effigies of Demon King Ravana and his helpers.

WINE CARNIVAL IN MUNICH Crazy costumes and goings on at a carnival to celebrate the wine harvest.

INDIAN FESTIVAL Hindus gather as god Juggernaut is brought out of Puri Temple in religious ceremony. India.

CEYLON - BUDDHIST ANNIVERSARY Procession of Buddhists in Sri Lanka.

'HOLY TOOTH' PROCESSION A Tooth - a relic of Buddha - is carried in a procession through Kandy in Sri Lanka.

RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL People of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) celebrate Kataragama Hindu festival.

INDIANS RAJAHS AND ELEPHANTS Festival in the streets of Udiapur in India.

BATTLE OF FLOWERS Annual Jersey battle of flowers festival.

FESTIVAL IN ARCTIC Laplanders converge on remote Norwegian town for fishing and skiing competitions.

WATER FESTIVAL IN BURMA Burmese Water Festival in Rangoon.

Special - THE KING OPENS FESTIVAL King George VI opens Festival of Britain at St. Paul's Cathedral.

FESTIVAL FINALE Fireworks and spotlights provide a fitting finale to the Festival of Britain.

BRIGHTON PAGEANT People of Brighton enjoy a historical pageant.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL OPENS (aka DUKE OPENS EDINBURGH FESTIVAL) Prince Philip opens the Edinburgh festival and watches the Night time tattoo.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL OPENS Prince Philip attends various ceremonies at the Edinburgh Festival.

THE FESTIVAL OPENS Opening of the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland.

Selected Originals - EDINBURGH FESTIVAL - Technicolor Material related to newsreel story "Edinburgh Festival" - 63/70.

GRAPE FESTIVAL - ROME The people of Rome celebrate the grape harvest with a big festival. Italy.

SOUTH AFRICA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE South Africa's Golden Jubilee is celebrated by festival in Bloemfontein stadium.

HOP HARVEST CELEBRATED Footage of hop harvest celebrations at Canterbury in Kent.

RAG PARADE Fun and games at the student rag parade of 1956 in Newcastle.

Selected originals - NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Material relating to newsreel story "National Eisteddfod"

FAIRGROUND Clowns entertain children outside big top, people enjoying themselves at fairground.

HOLIDAY FAYRE - KIDS PARTY (aka CHILDREN'S PARTY) Pathe news cameras visit a warship at Torquay for a kiddies' party.

THE NEWS WARMED OVER (aka NOTTINGHAM GOOSE FAIR) The people of Nottingham enjoy a day out at their annual Goose Fair.

COMMONWEALTH GOES GAY Commonwealth Arts Festival is held in London.

ICE CAN'T SAVE FISH Ice fishing carnival in Quebec - people cut holes in the ice and catch their dinner.

TRIBESMEN IN ANNUAL SHOW Footage of the Goroka Festival in New Guinea.

EDINBURGH - 250,000 COME TO FESTIVAL Masses of visitors cram Edinburgh for the 9th International Music and Drama Festival.

MONASTERY CELEBRATES 500th ANNIVERSARY Ceremony to celebrate 500th anniversary of monastery, re-enactment in period costume.

PEARLIES HARVEST FESTIVAL Pearlies and families in traditional costumes attend service at St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

BURMESE WATER FESTIVAL People get sprayed with water at Water Festival in Rangoon, Burma.

Selected Originals - NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Material relating to newsreel story "National Eisteddfod" - 52/65.

TUTTI MEN CEREMONY Tutti men (two members of the local council) collect 'Tutti dues' - kiss or a penny from 99 girls.

BLAZING BARRELS Men run around with blazing barrels of tar in the Festival of Fire of a Devon village.

UNIVERSITY RAG FROLICS Students having fancy dress party in the middle of Newcas

INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Crowds gather at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales.

JAGANNATH FESTIVAL Great colour shots of the traditional Hindu festival in Puri, India.

LONDON GOES ALL FESTIVE Crowds at Festival of Britain, Stanley Smith leaves for Atlantic crossing & Battersea fair.

OCTOBER FESTIVAL Traditional Octoberfest Beer Festival is held in Munich, Germany.

INDIAN FESTIVAL Hundreds of thousands watch religious procession during Dussehra Festival in New Delhi.

JOY AND SORROWS International folk festival is held in Agrigento

TWO YEAR DROUGHT ENDS People pray for rain and it comes. Rain helps in the fields of Hong Kong.

INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales.

AND THEY SANG AS THEY DANCED ALONG The ancient Furry Dance takes place in Cornish town

CARNIVAL STORY (aka TRINIDAD CARNIVAL) Two air hostesses enjoy the music and dancing of the Trinidad Carnival.

FLOWER PARADE A very colourful item showing the Battle of Flowers festival in Jersey with a floral parade of floats.

LAKE COMO BATTLE A pageant on Lake Como where people dress in period costume and joust in memory of an age old battle.

FESTIVAL OF TAIPSUAM In the Singapore Festival of Taipsuam, a man carries a cage with spikes that stick into him to honour his god.

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR A medieval pageant through the streets of Falaise in France.

DOLPHIN FAIR Ancient Fair hosts Britain's best beard competition.

CARNIVAL SEASON OPENS A battle of flowers opens the Carnival Season at Cannes.

TITCHFIELD CARNIVAL Fancy dress and decorated floats are seen during Titchfield Carnival.

MOP FAIR The annual ceremony of the "mop fair" in Stratford-upon-Avon.

CRAB FAIR Crazy events at annual Crab Fair include a gurning competition and a smoking contest.

MUNICH BEER FESTIVAL Munich beer festival in Germany.

DEGREE DAYS AND JOY DAYS Rag Parade and graduation day celebrations at University College Dublin.

THE GOOD OLD ELIZABETHAN DAYS Students from Trinity College hold a fancy dress rag based on Elizabethan days.

INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Crowds gather at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales.

Selected originals - NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Material relating to newsreel story "National Eisteddfod"

Selected Originals - JAGANNATH FESTIVAL - Material relating to newsreel story "Jagannath Festival"

DEGREE DAY IS JOY-DAY Students (including women!) are presented with degrees, a rag parade follows.

ALWAYS MERRY AND BRIGHT Students in high spirits on their annual rag for charities.

OVER SIXTY More than sixty Dublin manufacturers were represented in civic week pageant of industry

Selected originals - NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Material relating to newsreel story "National Eisteddfod"

DEGREE DAY RAG BY TRINITY STUDENTS High jinks and comedy costumes at Trinity College Dublin.

GREATEST OF ALL CARNIVALS The Nice carnival sees weird and wonderful costumes and floats taking part in the parade.

BATTLE OF FLOWERS People have fun pelting each other with petals at pretty Battle of Flowers in France.

GAYEST OF ALL CARNIVALS Wonderful floats and fancy dress in the 50th anniversary of the famous Nice Carnival.

OLD MAIDS DAY IN FRANCE Lovely ladies having fun in Paris with fancy dress and larks.

WHERE THE SUN IS SHINING Cannes hosts a spectacular carnival.

QUAINTEST OF ALL CARNIVALS 'Gilles' - clowns with plumed head-dresses - are the highlight of the Binche carnival.

RHYL'S FIRST CARNIVAL The seaside town of Rhyl holds it's first carnival

FOR 577TH TIME A religious procession in Ragusa honours St. Blaize who saved the city from pestilence.

DUSSEHRA THE GREAT FESTIVAL OF INDIA Mass crowds gathered for the great Dussehra festival in India

2ND ANNUAL CITY CARNIVAL Newcastle's second carnival and street parade.

PRESTON TRADES PROCESSION Trades Procession in Preston, provides a real carnival atmosphere

FIRST HELD IN 1399 Religious parade in Antwerp - Festival of St. Marie.

LIVERPOOL CIVIC WEEK (version 1)

WEST BROMWICH CIVIC WEEK Expert displays and fun and games or West Bromwich Civic Week

FUN AND FROLIC AT GATESHEAD'S FIRST CARNIVAL Street parade and festivities in Gateshead.

QUAINTEST OF ALL CARNIVALS (aka QUAINT SHROVETIDE FESTIVALS) People of Binche in Belgium rehearse for the Shrove Tuesday fete.

CIVIC PRIDE IS GOOD CITIZENSHIP Liverpool Civic Week is inaugurated and the King's Regiment receives new Colours.

LIVERPOOL CIVIC WEEK Actors in Liverpool reconstruct a highwayman's attack on a stage coach.

CITY AND SEA WEDDED Liverpool's Civic Week ends with ceremony marking importance of the river Mersey.

KING CARNIVAL Lots of fun is had during the seven day carnival in Blackpool.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST International gathering in Bucharest for demonstration of traditional folk dancing and music.

POP AND HIPPY FESTIVAL Nice shots of hippies having fun at music festival.

WARANA FESTIVAL OPENS IN BRISBANE The carnival activities during the Warana festival in Brisbane

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL Good footage of the Edinburgh Festival of 1969 and Highland Games at Murrayfield.

DAKAR ARTS FESTIVAL Wonderful exhibition of art and dance in Senegal.

RUMANIAN FOLKLORE FESTIVAL People arriving in national dress and taking part in a folklore festival at Naruja, Rumania.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL People from all over the world come to watch the military tattoo at Edinburgh Festival.

27-NATION EISTEDDFOD Performers from 27 different nations appear at the Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales.

ALPINE FOLKLORE FESTIVAL Alpine folklore festival in Zell, Austria.

FESTIVAL OF ARTS IN ADELAIDE London Symphony Orchestra and Governor General arrive in Adelaide for Festival of Arts.

BEER RATES A FESTIVAL Massive beer festival held in Munich, Germany.

FESTIVAL IN BRISBANE Surf boat races and carnival parade at the Warana festival in Brisbane, Australia

IT'S SWISS FORTNIGHT Londoners celebrate all things Swiss - watches, edelweiss, crossbows and chocolate.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL - SPECIAL Marching pipe bands, Highland Games, fashion show, tourists and Edinburgh Tattoo.

FLOWER FESTIVAL Flower festival procession through the streets of San Remo in Italy.

FESTIVAL SPIRIT Festival of Dussehra in Delhi, India.

GWYL CYMRU 1958 Duke of Gloucester is in Cardiff to see the opening procession of the Festival of Wales.

LAGOS FESTIVAL Nigerian Schoolchildren parade at racecourse in front of Governor.

LANCERS FETE Lancers Fete - traditional religious ceremony in France.

FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS IN SAN REMO Floats made of flowers.

GAUDER FESTIVAL IN AUSTRIA Various activities at the traditional Spring Festival in Austria's Tyrol region.

SUMMER COUNTY FESTIVAL Summer County Festival in Chester. Country dancing, pets and games

SOUTH BANK site being cleared for the 1951 Festival of Britain in London.

FESTIVAL BUSES Buses for foreign visitors of Festival of Britain decorated to show British way of life.

FESTIVAL SITE Dome of Discovery being completed by workmen

FESTIVAL CARS People have fun on new festival cars (amusement park ride)

FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN AMUSEMENT PARK AT BATTERSEA Construction of Amusement Park in Battersea, London

A CENTURY OF ACHIEVEMENT King George VI visits the Festival of Britain Exhibition.

Selected Originals - THE KING OPENS FESTIVAL Material related to newsreel story "The King Opens Festival" - 51/37.

Selected Originals - A CENTURY OF ACHIEVEMENT Material related to newsreel story "A Century of Achievement" - 51/37.

ALL SET FOR FESTIVAL Festival buildings ready, Prince Philip at Trophies Show & Festival ship 'Campania' ready.

Selected Originals - ALL SET FOR FESTIVAL - EXHIBITION SITE READY FOR OPENING Material related to newsreel story "All Set for Festival - Exhibition Site Ready f

LILAC FESTIVAL IN RUMANIA The villagers of Ponoare in Rumania celebrate the Lilac festival

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - KANSAS COLLEGE RAG

ROYAL EASTER SHOW IN SYDNEY

RAG RAISES £ 10, 000 Sheffield students raise money for charity.

FRONTIER CENTENNIAL Big parade and display of Wild West style

AMERICAâ€™S â€œWEMBLEYâ€ Celebrations for the opening of the 1933 Worldâ€™s Fair in Chi

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Choirs and druids, brass bands and bards - all part of the Welsh National Eisteddfod.

CARNIVAL FETE IN SIENA - ITALY Carnival in the Italian city.

ROME HARVEST FESTIVAL Italian harvest celebration.

UNIQUE HARVEST FESTIVAL People of San Marino celebrate Harvest with parade and l

BATTLE OF THE FLOWERS

IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALPS A look at the beautiful town of Partenkirchen in Bavaria, and a festival which includes traditional dancing.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 76) Viennese ice carnival

OBSERVATION Celebrations are held to mark the 50th anniversary of Europe's highest weather station at Sonnblick in the Austrian Alps.

HERE COMES THE BRIDE A traditional Austrian wedding with dancing, a beer toast and trip to the fairground.

“SPRING IS COMING!” TYROLESE VERSION!!Ancient ceremony in the Tyrol celebrates t

HIGH FLYING Banners fly in Honolulu to mark Tango-no-Sekku - Japanese Boys' Day Festival.

HARVEST TIMES IN HUNGARY The people of Budapest harvest their crops and fruit, then celebrate with a festival. Hungary.

CELEBRATING THE FESTIVAL OF JAGANNATH IN INDIA Annual festival of Jagannath, Lord of the Earth, in India.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN CALCUTTA

HALT HERE FOR INDIA Huge crowds gather for Hindu Car Festival at Puri in Bengal, India.

NO MERCY GIVEN OR REQUIRED Glasgow University students battle with soot and flou

DEGREE DAY IS JOY DAY! Students in Dublin parade in fancy dress to celebrate rec

MESSINA Various shots of religious street festival in Messina, Italy.

VENICE FETE illuminated floats on the Grand Canal at carnival in Venice, Italy.

POLES AND PEASANTS Villagers from Vilna on the Polish / Lithuanian border attend their annual fair.

FESTIVAL OF SPRING IN SOUTH AFRICA Children celebrating arrival of spring in South Africa.

TO KEEP A GHOST IN GOOD HUMOR Ancient Chinese festival taking place

500TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOAN Large crowds turn out to mark the 500th anniversary of Joan of Arc

THEIR NATIONAL HEROINE A procession of children through the streets of Paris marks end of 500th anniversary celebrations for Joan of Arc

GREATEST OF ALL CARNIVALS Large crowd turn out to see spectacular carnival in Nice, France.

NAVAL BATTLE OF FLOWERS A spectacular naval battle of flowers takes place at Villefranche to mark end of Riviera season.

JOAN OF ARC 5th centenary celebrations are held at Porte de France where Joan of Arc started her march in 1429.

THE CHAMPAGNE FETE Traditional carnival revived in Rheims, France for the first time since 1881.

BATTLE OF FLOWERS Carnival in the South of France with a floral theme.

SUNSHINE FLOWERS GAIETY A carnival of boats decorated with flowers.

THE GAY CITY The annual mid-Lent carnival in Paris.

THE JUGGERNAUT Thousands of people from all over India flock to see the Juggernaut in the Hindu ancient sacred rite.

THE GREAT KUMBH FAIR Crowds gather in the streets in Hardwar for a procession of elephants and parasols.

STUDENTS AT PLAY Students in fancy dress from the Dublin Veterinary College on their 'Rag' Day.

THE MARCHIONESS OF ABERDEEN The Marchioness of Aberdeen watches children perform an Irish Folk Dance.

FAIR CHARMERS The White City Carnival in Ireland - people dress up to raise money for charity.

MEATH HOSPITAL FETE Lord Mayor O'Neill opens the Meath Hospital Fete and we see some of the staff having fun during the event.

UNIQUE HARVEST FESTIVAL - Mute Version A celebration of the grape harvest in Ita

CARNIVAL TIMES HERALD Spectacular Carnival in Viareggio, Italy.

FESTIVAL OF ST EFISIO Large street festival of Efisio

THE WORLD FAMOUS FLOWER CARPETS OF GENZANO Annual flower festival in which petals are used in the streets create designs

THE MARKET SQUARE THEIR RACECOURSE An enormous crowd is entertained by flag-throwers before the famous horse-race around the square in the Palio of Sienna.

VENETIAN COSTUME FETE The people of Venice dress up in costumes to celebrate old customs of Doges.

TO PROPITIATE THE GODS Japanese farmers carry out ceremonial to ensure good harvest of rice.

THE OLD JAPAN RETURNS Footage of a procession during the Japanese Festival of the Gion Shrine.

ENSURING A PLACE IN PARADISE Citizens of Mombasa pay homage to Allah at ceremony of "hasen Hosen."

ALL IS SAFELY GATHERED IN King Alfonso (Alphonso, Alfhonso) of Spain attends Swedish Harvest Festival display in Stockholm.

THE FETE DES VIGNERONS Wine growers celebrate a festival with parades, costumes and dancing.

THE FEAST OF THE CAMELLIAS Traditional dancing at a Swiss pageant celebrating the Spring.

THE FEAST OF THE CAMELIAS The Swiss town of Locarno puts on a pageant to celebrate the 'Feast of the Camelias".

ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Druids take part in ancient ceremony at the Royal National Eisteddfod, Colwyn Bay, Wales.

STUDENTS FESTIVAL OF PRAGUE Students of all nations attend Youth Festival in Prague.

HOLIDAY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Disabled children in Liverpool get a day trip to Southport Funfair.

Selected Originals - EDINBURGH FESTIVAL OPENS Material relating to newsreel story "Edinburgh Festival Opens" - 52/68.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL The Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama. Lots of big names perform.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL OF SPORT Edinburgh Festival of Sport, and Peers Proclamation

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL AT LLANGOLLEN 1952 Coverage of the singing and dancing at the 1952 Eisteddfod.

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD People gather for the famous Welsh cultural festival.

OLD TIME STEAM FAIR Traction Engines and steam powered generators are on show at old fashioned fair in Berkshire.

INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Coverage of the International Eisteddfod music and dance festival in Llangollen, Wales.

INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Llangollen hosts various International Folk music and dance performers at its annual festival.

VENICE FESTIVAL Brightly colored gondolas take part in Venice Festival.

PAN-AFRICAN FESTIVAL Good footage of Pan-African festival in Algiers, Algeria.

ANNUAL CARNIVAL IN ARGENTINA Annual carnival Fiesta de la Pachamama in town Amaiche del Valle in Argentina.

WINE FESTIVAL IN AUSTRALIA Grape picking competition in progress, a parade & folk dancers.

VISITORS ARRIVE FOR BARRIER REEF FESTIVAL

MACKAY SUGAR FESTIVAL IN QUEENSLAND 2 visiting naval destroyers, sugar festival parade & Sweetheart of the Nation competition.

BRITISH WEEK IN AUSTRIA British culture on show in Vienna, Austria.

PRAGUE MUSIC FESTIVAL International artists meet Czech minister Hajek, Evelyn Lear sings and pianist Rubinstein plays.

ISLAMIS HOLD FETE Turkish and Moroccan workers in Holland as they hold an Islamic religious festival.

PLOUGHMAN FESTIVAL IN RUMANIA The traditional ploughman festival in the Fagarash region of Rumania

THE KANDY FESTIVAL Religious festival in Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

CIVIC PRIDE IS GOOD CITIZENSHIP Leeds Civic Week is inaugurated by the Lord Mayor and bunting is hung through the city.

THE PADSTOW "HOBBY HOSS" Ancient custom carried out in the streets of a Cornwall

BATTLE OF FLOWERS Battle of flowers in Villefranche harbour.

CARNIVALS Battle of flowers carnival in Villefranche and fruit carnival in Menton, South of France.

CARNIVAL TIME HERALDS SPRING’S COMING Nice carnival features giant caricatures o

WINE ... WHILE YOU WAIT!Ceremonial pressing of grapes in French town - people dr

RAG... A LA FRANCAISE! French students dress up in funny costumes at the Central

TULIP TIME 'Tulip Time' festival in Spalding, Lincolnshire - rather modest parade but great shots of tulip fields!

JOY UNCONFINED Rhineland holds its first carnival after the Allies have withdrawn their troops.

STUDENTS MAKE MERRY Degree day at University College in Dublin sees procession of students through the streets.

DEGREE DAY IS JOY DAY Students from University College put on a "rag" through Dublin on their Degree Day.

RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL - MULLINGAR FRATERNITY People of all ages take part in a religious parade.

AT THE MATER CARNIVAL Charity event sees young woman dressed in eastern style clothes for carnival.

WINE HARVEST FESTIVAL In celebration of a vintage year, the fountains of Marino flow with wine during harvest festival.

MUNICH BEER FESTIVAL Annual beer festival with huge funfair is held traditionally in Munich.

SOHO GOES GAY London's cosmopolitan quarter stages Soho Fair in truly continental sunshine.

MUNICH OCTOBER FEAST Drinking and eating to excess - sounds like a great plan!

IN MEMORY OF A BIG DRINK Pageant in Germany commemorating burgomaster's drink which saved town 300 years ago.

RASPBERRY FESTIVAL An item about the raspberry harvest in Scotland and the subsequent Montrose Fruit Carnival.

BOTTOMS UP A beer festival is held in Munich, Germany.

FISH HAVE NO CHANCE People of Memmingen celebrate Annual Day of the Fisherman, Germany.

Gold Rush Revival

October Fest, Munich, Germany

PRAWN FESTIVAL IN IRELAND Prawn festival in small fishing village in Ireland.

Selected Originals - CAMBRIDGE RAG-TIME! (aka CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY "RAG") Material relating to newsreel story 'Cambridge Rag-Time!' 52/92.

MY LADY'S HAT Tradition of 'Throwing the Hood' and flowery hats on men

Inti Raymi Inca Festival of the Sun

SOHO - ALL'S FAIR People having fun at annual Soho fair in London.

MUSIC OF THE NATIONS Musicians, singers and dancers of many lands come to Wales for International Eisteddfod.

WELSH INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Eleventh International Eisteddfod at Llangollen, Wales.

THESE STARS MAKE NEWS Stars at Variety Club event at Battersea Funfair and Dorothy Provine arrives in Britain.

MOSCOW - WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL World youth festival is held in Moscow, Russia.

WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL World Federation of Democratic Youth meets in Prague.

MANCHESTER - UNIVERSITY STUDENTS General mayhem ensues at Manchester University rag and a lot of money is raised for charity in the process.

GREATEST OF ALL CARNIVALS The carnival in Nice centres around an African theme.

R102 WITH LEGS Architectural students' come up with a unique idea for Chelsea Arts Club's 'Noah's Ark' Ball - an airship with a head and legs!

ONE HALF OF THE WORLD ETC Annual fete is held in the Provence of Var, France.

THE PANTO RAG Charity student "rag" in Liverpool, Merseyside.

CARDIFF - UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Students from Cardiff University hold a rag to raise money for charity.

Dancers at day street parade

SCARBOROUGH QUEEN Scarborough Queen is crowned.

MUSIC FESTIVAL ON STRINGS Massed band of banjos and mandolins play in festival in London.

Mardi Gras

County Fair

INSTANTANEAS DEL MOMENTO

MOROCCO (aka MOROCCAN FANTASIA) Travelogue concentrating on the traditional sights of Morocco.

Pumpkin Show

Quaint Scrubbing Of Streets Marks Tulip Time Fete

State Fair Preparations

Carnival Reigns As Famed Resort Ends Pre-Lent Hilarity

Carnival At Ste. Agathe

Shichi-Go-San Children's Festival

Winter Carnival And Dog Sleds

Mule Market Gets A Star

BLOSSOM QUEEN IS CROWNED Cherry Blossom Festival Parade

Buccaneer Days

Wheat Harvest Festival

Apple is King Thousands celebrate annual festival and Queen Shenandoah

Merry Crowds Hail "Rex" As Mardi Gras Climaxes

Port Festival, Harumi Pier

October Fest, Munich, Germany

Sanja Matsuri, Toyko, Japan

October Fest, Munich, Germany

RAGGING FOR FUNDS Cape Town university students in a rag procession to raise money for the war effort.

Winter Festival

Soldiers and Children at a Festival

TUTTI MEN Hocktide celebrations in Hungerford, Berkshire

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 28) Italian pudding festival.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 33) Children sing to call villagers to worship.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 35) Customs of Biddenden in Kent

HEY HO COME TO THE FAIR! Great footage of a people having fun at a huge fair somewhere in England.

BEER GARDEN, BERLIN DANCING (aka BERLIN DANCING) Germans enjoy a drink in the open air at some kind of festival.

VENETIAN FETE People of Hythe enjoy themselves at a colourful carnival floating down the Royal Military Canal.

CROWNING THE ROSE QUEEN Fancy dress parade and 'coronation' of girl as Rose Queen.

STOURPORT CARNIVAL Floats and fancy dress at Stourport Carnival.

CUTS / OUT TAKES for STOURPORT CARNIVAL

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Students Rag

PAGES FROM THE PAST Traditional village fete in the village of Champery in Switzerland.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 57) A crossbow championship in the Tyrol

Lent Season Ushered In By Carnivals

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 49) Silly games at an Austrian peasant festival.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 98) Corpus Christi festival in Hungary

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 80) A giant pancake is made in Alessandria, Italy at the Feast of the Pancake.

THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE SEA ( aka JERSEY'S CARNIVAL WEEK ) Out takes

EASTER SPORTS CARNIVAL We see some traditional Irish dancing and a bicycle race at the Easter Sports Carnival in Rathmines.

WELL DONE SHEFFIELD CINEMAS Carnival raises large sum of money for hospitals in Sheffield, Yorkshire.

HELP THE KIDDIES ! The Tir-na-nog Fete underway in Ireland.

EVERY LITTLE HELPS fund raising events in progress for the Matter Carnival.

HELPERS ALL many of the people involved in the Matter Carnival.

HOSPITAL STUDENTS' RAG Students from Guys and Bart's get ready for their hospital rag.

NICE CARNIVAL (aka KING CARNIVAL) Large crowds turn out for the carnival in Nice, France.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - STUDENTS RAG IN GLASGOW

CARNIVAL AND FETE Charity carnival in aid of Gwent Hospital

BEESTON CARNIVAL A Nottinghamshire town celebrates its Carnival - marching bands and Carnival Queen.

SURBITON GOES GAY Carnival procession in aid of new Hospital for this Surrey town.

OUR OLDEST HOSPITAL St. Bartholomew's hospital celebrates 800th anniversary with a medieval fair.

EISTEDDFOD Ancient Gorsedd ceremony and swearing in the Bards at Welsh National Eisteddfod in Mold.

DEGREE DAY RAG Students from Dublin University send up the Ku Klux Klan on degree day.

MILLIONS OF HERRING Prince Edward attends herring harvest in Great Yarmouth.

SOUTHEND SWAMPED Crowds turn out to enjoy the annual Southend Carnival.

STUDENT RAG Manchester students launch a rowing boat as part of their rag celebrations.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE RAG Irish students impersonate prominent politicians in rag parade.

NEWS IN FLASHES (aka SOUTHEND) Southend Carnival - lots of floats and a children's fancy dress parade.

Apple Blossom Festival.

BATTLE OF FLOWERS Cuts (rushes, out takes) for BATTLE OF FLOWERS

QUAINTEST OF ALL CARNIVALS Carnival clowns known as Gilles wear ornate costumes and feathered hats in Belgium parade.

AN UNOFFICIAL OPENING (TINTED) Students put on a rag before opening of new Union club in Newcastle.

AN UNOFFICIAL OPENING (CUTS) Students put on a rag before opening of new Union club in Newcastle.

IN SYLVAN SURROUNDINGS (TINTED) People in Elizabethan costume rehearse for the Wimbledon Historical Pageant

COMMON RIDING SELKIRK Item shows annual ceremony of Common Riding by Standard bearer in Selkirk.

RUSHBEARING FESTIVAL Children take part in the rushbearing festival

IN AN IDEAL SETTING The Duchess of Northumberland opens a pageant of Northumbrian history at Alnwick Castle.

BONGS WAKES FAIR Tradition of roasting a whole bullock on a spit is revived in Tyldesley, Lancashire.

HILARIOUS STUDENTS OF THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE Students from the Imperial College hold their own mock Lord Mayor Show.

FESTIVAL IN EDINBURGH the Edinburgh Festival - lovely performance footage and Edinburgh scenes

GREATEST OF ALL CARNIVALS Carnival parade in Nice, Southern France.

STUDENTS RAG Students' parade in fancy dress and do a mock foundation stone laying ceremony.

AS IN THE PRE WAR DAYS Parade, beer drinking and street parties mark German students' annual reunion.

France Historic Religious Festival

Chinese Welcome In The New Year

The Invasion Of Tampa Florida By The Jolly Crew Of A Pirate Ship

ROSE DAY FESTIVAL IN HAPPY VALLEY Crowning of a flower queen in Wales.

Traditional Fire Wheel Ceremony

Apple Queen: Daughter of US Treasurer Crowned

LIVERPOOL CIVIC WEEK (version 2)

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL Reel 1 Outtakes from the festival

LIVERPOOL MAY DAY a.k.a. MAY QUEEN CROWNED The crowning of a May Queen at Chester.

LADY CHARNISWORTH Lady Charnisworth opens a fete at Wolverhampton.

SCARBOROUGH SPA A parade with people in historical costumes marks the Scarborough Spa centenary.

WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Scenes showing the events for the famous Welsh festival.

GREATER HOVE CELEBRATIONS A carnival with fun and fancy dress at Hove, near Brighton.

BATTLE OF GOWER STREET Student rag provides excellent entertainment by staging a flour fight.

THE FIRST MIDINETTES MARATHON Lovely ladies run a marathon in Paris.

MI-CAREME FESTIVAL Imaginative floats and beauty queens make up the parade of the Mi-Careme Festival in France.

GREATER BRIGHTON CELEBRATIONS A pageant in Brighton traces the history of the resort.

VIVA ORLANDO Italians hold patriotic demonstration outside Italian Embassy in London.

Parade and Fair

Giant Talking Cowboy

JIDAI MATSURI FESTIVAL OF HISTORY OF JAPAN,

WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD The Welsh National Eisteddfod starts with a ceremony on a hilltop.

CARNIVAL TIME ON THE CONTINENT Good footage of a number of carnivals in a Holland, France and Germany.

May Fest

Spain: Running Of The Bulls

ROASTING AN OX (aka A FEAST IN THE STREET) A whole ox is roasted on a spit and eaten in aid of the local hospital

BURNING ENTHUSIASM Students from Stanford College celebrate Varsity match with California by burning their mascot on a big bonfire.

STUDENT'S MERRY SHROVETIDE RAG Students of Manchester hold a Shrovetide rag through the streets.

Breton Folk Dancing During French Week In Jersey.

Prince at Welsh Eisteddfod

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - MEDIEVAL PAGEANT IN ITALY

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL - Technicolor Great cultural event of the year - Edinburgh Festival - Technicolor.

SHICHI-GO-SAN CHILDREN FESTIVAL

SHICHI-GO-SAN CHILDREN FESTIVAL AT HIE SHRINE, AKASAKA

JERSEY SPECIAL (aka BATTLE OF FLOWERS) Battle of flowers at the Island of Jersey.

HASLINGDEN CARNIVAL (SPECIAL) Carnival procession in Haslingden, Lancashire

MAHARANEE OF BARODA A rather dangerous game with bulls and Indian musicians, dancers and performers

MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS

MARDI GRAS Carnival Processions in New Orleans

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN CALCUTTA

MINSTRELS Man in blackface - part of Cape own carnival.

VILLAGE FETE Children in fancy dress, brass band and crowds at village fete

QUEEN'S ISLAND GIRLS Girls dress up as sailors, clowns and nurses to play a hockey match in aid of a hospitals' sports gala.

BALLAD OF THE BARD A look at how the people of Stratford are celebrating Shakespeare's 400th anniversary.

PAN-AFRICAN DANCE FESTIVAL Pan-African traditional dance festival in Algiers.

Palio di Siena - Medieval Festival the main event is a horse race around the square also incudes parade with flag waving display.

HISTORICAL FETE AT PISA Parade in Mediaeval costume and regatta on the River in Pisa.

Mardi Gras

WINE FESTIVAL Once every 25 years winegrowers of Swiss town Vevey organise a mammoth Wine Festival.

Festival

CINEMA CARNIVAL BRIGHTON Lady Beaverbrook opens the Cinema Carnival and plays some of the games in the fete.

SCOTLAND BRAEMAR GATHERING King George V and Queen Mary arrive at Braemar to watch the gathering.

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL - LAST DAY Massive gathering in Stalin Square, Warsaw - sing friendship song, dancing and fireworks.

Fete Celebrates State's 200th Year

Amsterdam Avenue Festival (Time Lapse)

Time Lapse Crowd

WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL World Federation of Democratic Youth meets in Prague.

WELSH EISTEDDFOD artists performing at the Welsh National Eisteddfod

Giant Carnival Costume Fitting - Dressing Room

RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN HOLLAND

DOMINION DAY Canadian troops celebrate Dominion Day in Germany.

RICHMOND JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL People having fun at Richmond jazz and blues festival.

MOSLEMS HOLD FESTIVAL Mohammed V oversees Eid celebrations in Morocco.

WESAK CELEBRATIONS IN CEYLON Wesak Celebrations for Buddha in Ceylon. Decorative illuminations, prayers and temples

Inti Raymi Inca Festival of the Sun

FLOWER SHOW The people of Cinzano cover the streets of their town with flowers for a festival.

THE GORSEDD - CARDIFF Opening of the National Eisteddfod in the grounds of Cardiff Castle in Wales.

PREPARATIONS FOR NICE CARNIVAL Men work on huge model heads to be worn in the annual Nice Carnival in France.

Street Carnaval - Bloco Bola Preta - Saturday Morning of Carnaval

Night Street Carnaval - Ipanema Beach - Bloco Simpatia E Quasiamor

Rio Carnival ball

CARNIVAL TIME IN OFFENBURG A Swabian costume carnival takes place through the streets of Offenburg, with plenty of strange costumes on show. Germany.

JAZZ IN PRAGUE International jazz festival in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

EMPIRE DAY CELEBRATIONS Kids Dancing at School Fest

A JOLLY GOOD FIRE TO ROAST THEM (Version 2) Students at UCL celebrate Guy Fawkes Night with rag parade and enormous bonfire.

MANCHESTER STUDENTS' RAG ( Students raise money by putting on comic (fake!) bull fight.

THE ATTRACTIONS OF DONNYBROOK FETE Pretty girls are everywhere at the Donnybrook Fete in Ireland.

STUDENTS HAVE FLING Australian students mark Commemoration Day with battle of flour.

Day Street Carnival - Suvaco Do Christo Bloco - Costumes

Samba School - Mangueira School - Last Rehearsal Before Carnival

ALL SPORTS CARNIVAL The All Sports Carnival in Ireland includes ladies in Chinese dress and decorated motor cars.

FRENCH ARTS STUDENTS RAG Students "Execute" Cubism & Futurism

BATTLE OF FLOWERS large carnival in progress in Jersey.

CARNIVAL IN ITALY Huge models decorate floats in a carnival procession in Frascati, Italy.

RED CROSS FAIR Countess of Waldegrave performs opening ceremony.

VILLAGE FETE Children in fancy dress, brass band and crowds at village fete

BRISTOL UNI'S MILLION FUND PAGEANT Students from Bristol University parade through the streets in fancy dress during Million Fund Pageant.

FLOWER PARADE Amazing floral procession in Lisse, Holland - incredible craft cou

STUDENTS RAG Student rag parade - fancy dress.

Queen of Carnival - Contest Finalist - Passista

NEW ZEALAND STUDENTS GO GAY Students rag at Christchurch, New Zealand.

MOSCOW YOUTH FESTIVAL Various shots of young people from all races and continents in traditional costume

King of Carnival - Contest Finalist

Rio Carnival ball

UP - HELLY - AA FESTIVAL Festival held by descendants of the Norsemen in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands.

CHILDREN'S DAY & CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL Various floats on different themes, Lord Mayor arrives to meet the children.

STAGE FOLK OFF STAGE Nice garden party or fair - Jack Payne, Fay Compton, Leslie Henson, Tallulah, Heather Thatcher etc.

WINE FESTIVAL: MARINO ITALY Locals celebrate grape harvest with wine festival in Marino, Italy.

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 1955 Marching pipe bands and caber tossing as part of the Edinburgh Festival and Tattoo.

INDIA SEES ECLIPSE In Delhi, over million Hindus assemble for the solar eclipse festival.

THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 1955 - REEL 2

CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF ST. MARCEL (aka FRANCE) The people of Marcel in France celebrate celebrate the anniversary of the saviour form famine.

MAY DAY Little girls in white do traditional dancing and prance around the maypole on May Day.

Street Carnival - Bloco Bola Preta - Crowd

YOUTH FESTIVAL IN LITHUANIA People take part in giant chess game during Youth Festival

NICE CARNIVAL Decorated float and enormous model heads at the Nice Carnival.

A CITY HELD UP Costumed students travel through Glasgow's streets in aid of char

CLOSING OF THE SIXTH WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL The closing day of the festival where individuals say their farewells

FURRY DANCE 50's pagan dancing ritual - pagan rituals have changed over years...

ST DAVID'S DAY WITH THE BEF Welsh Troops in France Celebrate with Dance and Song

5th INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL IN WARSAW Young people - mainly from left wing organisations - meet for large festival in Poland.

SHROVE TUESDAY FOOTBALL Football game involving whole village in Alnwick and Ashbourne.

PICTURE PARAGRAPHS FROM WORLD NEWS CHINESE RICE CELEBRATIONS Chinese Americans Donate Money for the Relief of China Aided by Dancing Dragons

Samba School Makes Giant Floats

STARS AT THE FAIR A day out with the stars at Battersea Festival Gardens.

INDIA: BACK TO PEACE Lal Shastri watches giant Hindu effigies of evil being burnt in Delhi.

JERSEY - BATTLE OF FLOWERS A lavish parade through the streets is the prelude to traditional battle of flowers.

Queen of Carnival - Finalist - Bikini Contest

INDIAN MOSLEM FESTIVAL At Ajmer near Delhi, Indian Moslems celebrate the "Urs" anniversary.

MITCHAM FAIR Mallaby Deeley, M.P. opens Mitcham town fair with a giant key, part of a ceremony from Elizabethan days.

INDIA - FESTIVAL OF THE GODS Color item showing people celebrating festival of Kulu Dusserah in Central Himalayas.

TRAPPERS FESTIVAL Carnival and beauty pageant in Manitoba, Canada.

MEMPHIS EN FETE King and Queen Cotton are presented with keys to the city of Memphis, theirs for the week of the Carnival.

GARDEN PARTY Entertainers and soldiers have fun at garden party attended by Queen Alexandra.

Festival in Queens

BALLAD OF THE BARD A look at how the people of Stratford are celebrating Shakespeare's 400th anniversary.

KANDY FESTIVAL Decorated elephants, masked dancers and drummers parade in Buddhist pageant.

BATTLE OF FLOWERS After the Carnival's street processions comes the turn of the sea. French Naval Officers and their ladies hold a battle of flowers

Samba School Making Costumes

BATTLE OF FLOWERS flower carnival in Jersey.

CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS RAGS Good scenes of Cambridge Students raising money for charity.

CARNIVAL IN VENICE Lots of gondolas take part in Venice Carnival. Italy.

MEXICAN ARTISTES IN THE USSR Rocak Diaz brothers from Mexico sing folk songs at Soviet Arts Festival.

AUSTRALIAN TOWN OF BATHURST REMEMBERS A 150th anniversary parade in Bathurst showing historical forms of transport.

TOWN FETE Nice footage of town fete, with parade, races, dancing and good shots of spectators.

A MILITARY HIGHLAND GATHERING

Samba Show - Carnival Costumes - Percussionists & Passista Dancers

INDIAN FESTIVAL The Gomateshwara Festival takes place in Sravanabelagola, India.

OLD TIMERS FESTIVAL Gold rush days revived at Sourdough Festival at Yukon, Canada.

MUNICH BEER FESTIVAL Shots of people drinking from beer pots, funfair scenes.

FESTIVAL FOR WOMEN WAR WORKERS Women War Workers' Fete

PICTURE PARAGRAPHS FROM WORLD NEWS CHINESE RICE CELEBRATIONS Chinese Americans Donate Money for the Relief of China Aided by Dancing Dragons

GIRL LION TAMER A look at a female lion tamer at a circus in the funfair.

AUSTRALIAN RESORT GOES GAY Australian tourist resort holds carnival.

POP AND HIPPY FESTIVAL Nice shots of hippies having fun at music festival.

Carnival – Samba School Parade

WINTER CARNIVAL A winter carnival includes parades, canoe racing on icy river, and ice hockey matches.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL A Student Rag in Bradford.

Street Carnival - Bloco Bola Preta - Samba Band

ANALYSING ADAM Funfair on Hampstead Heath - coconut shy, swing boats etc.

CINEMA CARNIVAL BRIGHTON Lady Beaverbrook opens the Cinema Carnival and plays some of the games in the fete.

INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY Big parades mark Indian Republic Day.

MUNICH'S BEER FESTIVAL The annual 'October Feast' beer festival brings 400,000 people in Munich.

WINTER CARNIVAL Scenes from a winter carnival in Canada include a 5-year-old figure skater called Irene Davis.

INDIAN FESTIVAL Large numbers of Hindus bathing in the River Ganges.

BRITISH WORKERS LEAGUE CELEBRATE FRANCE'S DAY IN HYDE PARK British Worker's League celebrate France's Day with people in national / colonial costume.

Rio Carnival ball

BALLAD OF THE BARD A look at how the people of Stratford are celebrating Shakespeare's 400th anniversary.

HARVEST HOME IN RUMANIA Nicolae Ceausescu visits harvest festival in Ilfov.

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY COMMEMORATION Footage of students carnival in Sydney, Australia.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Student Rag.

HEADLINE STUNTS Cambridge University holds a punt race, and Leicester Uni a pram race during their rag weeks.

ALTWEIBERFASTNACHT AND BONN GOES GAY Women in costume dancing through streets, women have tussle with Mayor for golden key.

BROADWAY CAKE WALK The fairground attraction called The Broadway Cake-Walk tries to throw people off with its moving floor.

LORD MAYOR OPEN FETE H.J. Friel, Lord Mayor of Dublin, opens a fete and we see various people posing for the camera.

CARNIVAL AT VILLEFRANCHE Battle of the Flowers at Villefranche fete. France.

Carnival Street Interviews (Portuguese) - Bloco Bola Preta - Costumes

KING CARNIVAL the Carnival at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight where people dress up and have fun.

NATIONAL FETE Men and women dress up for the National Fete in aid of the R.P.D.F at Shelbourne Park.

Inti Raymi Inca Festival of the Sun

LORD ASHBURNHAM PRESIDES AT WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD

SLOVAKIAN CELEBRATION Celebrations at the Slovakian village..

PADDY O'NEILL Merry-go-round to Mike

Night Street Carnaval - Suvaco Do Christo Bloco - Samba School

PRINCESS MARY ATTENDS THEATRE GARDEN PARTY Princess Mary is among people attending theatre garden party.

ANNUAL FESTIVAL - MONACO (LNER) Footage of the annual festival at Monaco.

GERMAN CARNIVAL A German carnival with lots of bizarre fancy dress costumes, floats and figures.

BRITISH WEEK IN AUSTRIA

King of Carnival - Copacabana Beach - Posing for Pictures

PERON AND EVA CAMPAIGNING Peron and Evita attend Annual Wine Growers Festival in Argentina.

Samba Show - Carnival Costumes - Percussionists

TOLPUDDLE PAGEANT Tolpuddle Martyr's Day celebrations in Dorchester.

ST DAVID'S DAY WITH THE BEF Welsh Troops in France Celebrate with Dance and Song

DEVON - PLAYING WITH FIRE Bizarre Guy Fawkes' night tradition in Devon - men run holding burning barrels.

IT'S SWISS FORTNIGHT Londoners celebrate all things Swiss - watches, edelweiss, crossbows and chocolate.

SIXTH WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL IN MOSCOW The opening ceremonies of the Sixth World Youth Festival

Samba School Rehearsals - Drums and Dancing

Samba Show - Carnival Costumes on Stage

FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL International folk dance festival in town of Leiden, Holland.

Samba Show - Carnival Costumes - Passista Dancers

CELEBRATIONS AT CAIRNS IN QUEENSLAND Carnival celebrations at Cairns, Queensland.

Kids Go To Carnaval - Parade In Pink Costumes - Mangueira

MITCHAM FAIR OPENS Large crowds gather for the opening of Mitcham Fair.

Carnival Royalty - Street Party

Street Carnival - Bloco Bola Preta - Bird Man

THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS Flowery floats in Nice and student rag parade in Mancheste

GLASGOW UNIVERSITY RECTORIAL CAMPAIGN Students campaigning during Glasgow University rectorial campaign.

Kids Carnaval - Dance Contest Manguiera School

CARNIVAL Silly Costumes & Games at Fest

RAG AROUND THE PARK Students rag in Hyde Park ends up in Serpentine.

Pre-Samba Carnival Parade - Floats & People

EISTEDDFOD The National Eisteddfod Festival of Wales.

Day Street Carnaval - Ipanema Beach - Bloco Simpatia E Quasiamor

KING CARNIVAL AGAIN Carnival parade at Ventnor, on Isle of Wight.

Samba School Makes Giant Floats

MARDI GRAS CARNIVAL Footage of the Mardi Gras Carnival in the United States of America.

ISLAMIS HOLD FETE Turkish and Moroccan workers in Holland as they hold an Islamic religious festival.

Samba School Rehearsals - Parasol Dance

'THE RAG OF RAGS' Liverpool students dress up and ride on floats to raise money

Samba School Makes Giant Floats - Costume Production

HARVEST HOME IN RUMANIA Nicolae Ceausescu visits harvest festival in Ilfov.

KING CARNIVAL the first post-war carnival in Nice, France with a huge model of King Carnival on a stork.

HULL FAIR Hull's annual fair gets underway with large crowds enjoying the fun. Humberside.

BLUE FETE IN PRETORIA A parade to celebrate the blooming of the Jacaranda trees in Pretoria, South Africa

MASK CARNIVAL IN SWITZERLAND People in a Swiss village jig about wearing shaggy costumes and large troll masks.

ANNUAL MUDFLAT WALK Shots of annual walking outing across the Dutch mud flats south of the island of Ameland.

Kids Carnaval Rehearsal and Dance Contest Manguiera School

THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND a joint of roast beef carried in as part of a procession at the festival dinner of St. George.

Making, fitting Carnival costumes for the Rio de Janeiro Samba School Parade

Carnival Street Parade - Night - Costumes

Night Street Carnaval - Ipanema Beach - Bloco Simpatia E Quasiamor

Kids Carnaval Rehearsal - Manguiera School

Samba School - Mangueira School - Last Rehearsal Before Carnival

Carnival – Samba School Parade

Outdoor Concert

LORD LEVERHULME AT EISTEDDFOD Lord Leverhulme preside over Welsh historic festival.

RAGGING FOR CHARITY Doctors and students at Jervis Street Hospital wear fancy dress and make an appeal for money.

ASHBOURNE FOOTBALL Ancient football game in the town of Ashbourne where men struggle with a ball along a river.

Samba School Prepares For Parade

Samba School - Mangueira School - Last Rehearsal Before Carnival

SPANISH CUSTOMS Giant Bugs of Papier-Mache in Public Square

BIG NAMES AT BELGIAN FESTIVAL

PAGEANT Bands and carriages parade through Peebles as part of the festival.

CORN FESTIVAL IN PALESTINE A Jewish settlement in Palestine ransoms first ears of corn for charity.

GRAPE HARVEST FESTIVAL - HUNGARY Grape harvest festival at Tokas, Hungary.

Queen of Carnival - Contest Finalist - Passista Costumes

King of Carnival - Copacabana Beach

RAB CROWNS QUEEN Rab Butler crowns student rag Queen in Cambridge after Cambridge Union Society debate.

ALTWEIBERFASTNACHT MEANS COLOGNE GOES GAY Cologne holds a fancy dress carnival to celebrate Lent

Carnival street parade at night

RICHMOND - RAG AND RUGBY Medical students from St. Mary's and St. Thomas' play in charity rugby match.

PICTURE PARAGRAPHS FROM WORLD NEWS CHINESE RICE CELEBRATIONS Chinese Americans Donate Money for the Relief of China Aided by Dancing Dragons

Samba School People Pick Up Costumes For Parade

SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY RAG Students from Sheffield university hold their rag on the River Don where they take part in a raft race. Yorkshire.

Day Street Carnaval - Suvaco Do Christo Bloco

FURRY CLOCK The Furry clock has little models which dance around like the real couples

EMPIRE PAGEANT May Day/Empire Day Children's Pageant, Parade, Maypole 1919

CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL A story about the Children's Carnival which includes some children dressed like Jackie Coogan.

Children's Samba School - Carnival Street Party

FAIRGROUND AT CALGARY - CANADA Shots from various rides at a Canadian fairground.

Queen of Carnival Contestants - Bikini Contest

Samba School - Mangueira School - Last Rehearsal Before Carnival

OBSERVANCE OF MOHARRAM IN DELHI Procession and crowds with the decorated coffin carried by Muslims.

PEOPLE IN CAMERA - FESTIVAL IN SIENA the famous Corso del Palio festival in Siena Italy.

Day Street Carnaval - Suvaco Do Christo Bloco - Costumes

Crowds Watching Carnival

JUBILEE NIGHT The King and Queen on the balcony at Buckingham Palace acknowledge the revellers.

MARDI GRAS CARNIVAL AT NEW ORLEANS People in fancy dress have as much fun as the spectators at New Orleans Mardi Gras carnival.

VILLAGE FETE Village Fest with Contests

STUDENTS CARNIVAL PROCESSION IN MANCHESTER Students in fancy dress collect donations for charity in their rag carnival.

Children's Samba Performance - Carnival

Beauty Contest & Winter Fest

Carnival Royalty - Key to City Ceremony

STUDENTS RAG IN GLASGOW Student rag parade - part of Glasgow Charities Week.