The Great Gavioli

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

596

Date Released

26 May 1966

Date recorded

6 May 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

703

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Luxury Carabus
2. 2Backstage with Sooty
3. 3The Great Gavioli

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: The engineer of yesterday would get a kick out of Arthur Mason’s prize possessions at Burnham Market, Norfolk. He’s got a steam traction engine in full working glory chugging through the village streets with "The Great Gavioli" in tow. The Gavioli is the world’s most famous Dutch fairground organ, rescued and renovated by Mr Mason and extravagantly ornamented with bizarre baroque figures that play bells, blow horns and beat drums. The Gavioli has a repertoire of a hundred or more tunes from the 1890s - and it makes a marvellous sound!

Keywords

Music and dance; Vehicles

Locations

England; Norfolk

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

229

Story extras:

Film clip

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