Chelsea Arts Ball Royal Academy’s Tableau (1935)

London. M/S as the students bring out their tableau on a float, it represents ancient Egypt with Cleopatra’s Needle, pharaohs and ladies dressed as Cleopatra. Men fan a girl with big palm leaves. M/S as another girl is fanned and she giggles. M/S as they all get off and put their coats on. Cataloguer’s note: this item was originally part of ’News in a Nutshell.’ 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.