Lye Historical Pageant Aka Lye Hospital Pageant (1928)

Full titles read: “Lye Historical Pageant - Thousands see record turn-out in aid of charity.“ Lye, near Stourbridge, West Midlands. Various shots show the procession of the pageant, with participants dressed in imaginative costumes, including a large dragon and lines of girls in football kit. Several floats carry more people in fancy dress as the crowds lining the streets wave and cheer. 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), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.