Greater Hove Celebrations (1927)

Item title reads: “ Brighton. Greater Hove celebrations - famous seaside town celebrates expansion with gay carnival “ Hove, Sussex M/S from a high angle of a carnival procession of floats, followed by people on horseback depicting various people from history, including cowboys and Indians. A float made up as an aeroplane makes its way along rain soaked roads. Crowds line the route. The camera pans across a line of people, showing children and adults in various costumes. C/U of two young girls dressed as nurses, one waves. A child is dressed up as a South Sea Islander with a flower garland. They smile at the camera. The adults are in various garb, one has a sign ’Hove’s Greatest Cabbage’, an old man is dressed like Neptune, with two beauties on either side of him, laughing. It looks windy. Note: VHS Sleeve title indicates ’Greatest House’. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASS