Crowning The May Queen (1926)

Cheshire. Title: “Crowning the May Queen. Picturesque scenes at annual ceremony a Knutsford“. M/S of a band of male and female folk dancers skipping about shaking pom-poms in a rainy square in an industrial town, a crowd of people watch from under their umbrellas. M/S of a group of children in period costumes, a child in a white wig places a crown on the head of a little girl sitting on a throne. M/S of the group of children, the May Queen sits in the centre of the group, holding a sceptre and a large bouquet of flowers. C/U of the Queen. 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 (