12,000 Children Issue Title - Hey Day (1941)

Several shots of twelve thousand daughters performing a dance in a large stadium in Sydney Australia. L/S's of the commentator saying that the girls in white represent Australia's main industry - wool. L/S's of children dancing in circles to represent Australia's flowers. M/S's of children dressed in fancy dress bird costumes. Various more shots of the open air festival in progress. 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.