Beating The Bounds At Barking By The Tower (1937)

Full title reads: “LONDON“. BEATING THE BOUNDS AT BARKING BY THE TOWER London. Several shots of the procession of people (priests and men in city robes seen in procession) carrying long sticks in their arms, moving slowly through the street. This is the ceremony of Beating the Bounds - reclaiming their territory. Procession stops and a priest offers a cup. People drink from the cup one after another. Several shots of the people waving their long sticks in the air beating each other stick - looks like they are having fun. FILM ID:921.1 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 Ga