Manchester Students’ Rag (1935)

Manchester students’ rag. Originally part of News in a Nutshell. Manchester University students’ Shrove Tuesday procession in aid of local hospitals. Various shots of students in fancy dress parading down crowd lined streets on foot and on carnival floats. Amongst the costumes are undertakers, convicts and headless ghosts! 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.