Rushbearing Festival (1943)

Rushbearing festival. Ambleside, Lake District. L/S of farmers gathering hay. Several scenic shots of the countryside around Ambleside. Children collect rushes, heather and flowers to make into crosses. M/S of the children with their finished crosses. They march through the town to the church of St. Oswald. The camera pans down the spire to the door as they enter. Various shots as the children are given lumps of gingerbread, good shots as they eat them. 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