Southend Swamped (1930-1939)

Full title reads: “Southend Swamped by visitors to famous Carnival“. Southend, Essex. MV the Carnival Queen is brought forward and crowned by the Mayor. He kisses her on the hand. Various shots of the Carnival Parade - including decorated floats, a human giant caterpillar, the Dagenham Girl Pipers, dancers in fancy dress, charity collectors for the local hospital. Shots of the crowd hiding from the rain. More shots of the floats. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. FILM ID:1915.4 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 con