Tulip Parade (1959)

Spalding, Lincolnshire. L/S of a tulip field. Camera pans across the endless rows of different coloured tulips - looks amazing. Several women are seen working in the field. M/S of the women working. Tulips around them are red with yellow rim. High angle M/S of woman’s hands as she cuts the flowers. She, then puts them in basket. Top shot of the basket filled with flowers. Women leave the field and a woman wearing long, white dress and a crown joins them. Two women check her dress while the other two pour the flowers into a bigger basket. The woman in white dress is Tulip Queen - queen of the Tulip Time Festival. C/U shot of the Tulip Queen’s face as she talks and smiles. M/S of several men working on a huge flower arrangement. They are getting ready for the first major scale flower parade in Great Britain. M/S of the two men, one is holding a drawing and the other is explaining something. The man explaining is Mr Van Driel, Dutch floral artist, called to help organising the parade. C/U shot of the draw