Carnival of the Queens 1937

Summary

Amateur film of a fundraising event at Hanley Park in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Filmed by Mr Templeman.

Year:

1937

Duration:

0:04:18

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Amateur Film

Master format:

16mm

Description

There are scenes of the parade which consists of women and girls holding bouquets of flowers marching in a procession across the park accompanied by children with boards ndicating their home town or area. These include Sneyd Green, Silverdale and Abbey Hulton, Queens. Crowds in the streets can be seen as the parade continues and also features a Burslem marching band and Sunday school pupils.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

See also [Stage Presentation of Carnival of Queens, Hanley Park 1937] which is possibly part of this film. There is a stock change in the middle of the film and it is possible that different years of the event have been combined.