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Special Parade of St Matthews Pupils and Special March Past of St Joseph's Scholars (1905)

Rival displays of orderliness and frivolity in a parade of Lancashire schoolchildren.

Non-Fiction 1900 2 mins Silent

Overview

Spot the bowler-hatted gentleman in this film. That's the filmmakers' showman collaborator, chaperoning the children in an orderly parade before rallying an energetic cheer - a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for the film's local audience. A brief return to order in the final procession is gleefully undermined by three of the oldest girls, who dance their way out of line, seemingly unprovoked.

Original title

Special Parade of St Matthews Pupils and Special March Past of St Joseph’s Scholars (1905)

Genres

Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Blackburn

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

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