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May Day Revels

The Kennington May Queen poses shyly for a close-up and performs a perfect maypole dance.

Non-Fiction 1921 1 mins Silent

Overview

The smartly turned-out residents of Kennington are out in force to watch white-frocked local girls perform the traditional May Queen ceremony in this cheerful newsreel item. May Day was once a celebration of springtime fertility, but in the Victorian era it became a charming rustic spectacle, usually involving dancing children. The Walworth girls perform perfectly here - no doubt the result of weeks of rehearsal!

Original title

May Day Revels Gaumont Graphic No. 1056

Genres

Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Kennington

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

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