French Mayors In Ramsgate (1946)

Unissued / unused material - location and date unclear or unknown. Ramsgate, Kent. VS of the Mayors of French ports on a visit to Ramsgate Summer Fair. Mayor Lenggne of Boulogne, Mayor Defachelles of Calais and Mayor Gustave Robelet of Dunkirk meet with Edward Pearson MP and the Mayor of Ramsgate on a podium. Young girls present flowers to the women in the French delegation. Various speeches are made. VS Girls parading for a Beauty Contest and men watching. One of the French Mayors helps to judge the competition. Shots of the Mayors walking arm in arm through crowds. VS Crowds at a fairground. Shots of fairground games. Shots of the Beauty Queen being crowned. VS of children coming down a small slide. A couple of adults try it too. Various shots of French Mayors playing side show games at the Fete. Old record suggests date as April 1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CL