Learning on ScreenThe Pram Parade
Series
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- NoS Summary - Competition for decorated prams - hand made paper decorations.
British Pathe synopsis: "Filmed at Wimbledon". "No home or town complete without one - (or a lot of them)." M/S of a parade of women pushing decorated prams with babies sitting in them. M/S of the prams being pushed through a street lined with onlookers. A policeman pushes his bike alongside the parade. M/S of one of the prams - baby inside holds a Union Jack flag. "Babies of every sort and size - and every one a mother’s prize! (But, not one pram had to exceed one shilling in the decorations.)" C/U of pram decorated with paper flowers. Dissolve into another - highly decorated with crepe paper. C/Us of various competitors’ creations. One pram is decorated with the words "Buy British Goods". C/U of baby in one of the prams. One pram is decorated as a yacht with a big sail made of paper. C/U of back of one of the prams again with the words "Buy British Goods". Patriotic baby waves Union Jack in pram decorated with rosettes and crêpe paper. - Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Competitions
- Locations
- London; Wimbledon; England
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- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.225
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP225
National Film Archive Catalogue
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