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Eyam, Derbyshire. Various shots of a young boy and several woman plucking petals from flowers then pressing them into slabs of clay to make floral plaques. Various shots of the village of Eyam. The Well Dressing ceremony is a tribute to those villagers who lost their lives because of the Plague. Shots of the village church, the vicar shows the parish records of the 5/6ths of the villagers who lost their lives. Various shots of the well dressing pictures being produced and put in place. Procession passes the various decorated wells. Some of the villagers are dressed in old fashioned costumes. 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),
