Crowning Of The Rose Queen At Heaton Park & Cuts (1926)

Manchester. Title: “Crowning of the Rose Queen at Heaton Park“. M/S of group of little girls in white, a woman places a crown of roses onto the head of an awkward teenage girl. The girl is then presented with a sceptre by a boy dressed as a Regency page. C/U of the girl - the Rose Queen - standing next to an older woman. L/S of a crowd watching a country dancing display in Heaton Park. M/S of children dressed as pixies doing ridiculous dancing. M/S of a procession lead by Rose Queen and two Scotts bag pipers. C/U of a man with a white beard and a chain - the Mayor? M/S of a miserable looking couple, the woman holds a bouquet, he wears a mayoral chain. M/S of five posh women. Cuts / out takes start at around 01:15:03. Some more shots of girls in white and children in fancy dress. Some more shots of bagpipers. Some shots of a May Pole dance. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTER