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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

167

Title

[STRETFORD PAGEANT / MANCHESTER MAY PARADE]

Producer

Jacy Cinemas

Date

1937

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

5 mins 07 secs

Description

A procession including musicians, dancers and floats, makes its way into Longford Park where the Mayor and crowds of spectators are waiting. The Queen of the pageant is crowned.
The May Procession passes along the spectator-lined streets and includes Sunday School groups, bands, boy scouts and girl guides etc.; and many groups carrying flowers and banners.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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