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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

10581

Title

[GRIMSARGH FIELD DAY 1977]

Producer

Peter Wild

Date

1977

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

14 mins 16 secs

Description

Scenes from the Grimsargh Field Day. We see the procession which includes the Rose Queen, floats, people in fancy dress, cub scouts, a dance troupe and a brass band. They arrive at the carnival field on the village green where some of the people in fancy dress are invited to go on stage. There is a performance of traditional dancing by children. There are general scenes at the end of the film, we see children playing, children with cats and people watching boats out at sea.

 

 



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