Oxford Undergrad’s Ball (1961)

Oxford, Oxfordshire. Several shots of towers in the city of Oxford at dawn. Various shots of undergraduates at the end of their ball; a steel band plays as the students jig about in their ball gowns and dinner jackets (oh dear) - good shots of people who can’t dance! Embarrassing scenes as a male student ’pogos’ into the air and girls in repulsive puffball dresses kick their feet half-heartedly in a courtyard. Various shots of the end of the party; a couple sit on a bench, two girls sit on a small merry-go-round while a man spins it slowly round, couples stroll out of marquees and along the street. Nice shots of an empty champagne bottle and broken glasses on the ground; chairs strewn about; a car in the street with a ’No parking’ cone on the roof. Various shots of toffs in evening clothes in punts on the River Cherwell; some sleep, some punt; a couple stroll along the river bank, a punt drifts past a small waterfall. Nice high angle M/S as a punt is pushed over some rollers to the river; the gir