Mrs Mopps’ Own Ball (1959)

Titles read: “LONDON - MRS MOPPS’ OWN BALL“. London. General view in the early morning under the arches of the Admiralty. Inside we see several shots of charladies working to clean the Government offices - using vacuum cleaners, laying fires and so on. Mrs Cracknell dusts a large statue of Nelson. Mrs Mahone washes the floor with a cloth. We then see various shots of a huge crowd of charwomen enjoying themselves at Clapham Manor swimming baths (actually looks like a large sports hall). The cleaning ladies jig about, having a good knees up and flash their legs and stocking tops at the camera. Nearly all are middle-aged to elderly. 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