Carnival / Pageant Processions (1920-1929)

Carnival / pageant processions. Location of events unknown. M/S of child attempting to play small accordion and blow whistle at the same time. He also has his face painted and is wearing fancy dress. Shots of children wearing gold fashioned costumes. Several shots of other people wearing costumes and in some cases masks (some are actually quite grotesque / weird). M/S of running race in progress. M/Ss of some of the athletes posing for the camera. Shots of people being presented with trophies. Various shots of carnival procession making way through streets crowds, floats, people in fancy dress etc. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932)
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