Devon - Playing With Fire (1965)

Title reads: “Playing with Fire“. Bizarre but dangerous Guy Fawkes custom in Ottery St. Mary, Devon. C/U tar and straw inside barrel being set alight. Various shots young men running up and down village street holding aloft the burning barrel. Various night shots of Guy Fawkes night bonfire being lit, a crowd watches. Night shots men firing “hang cannons“ (look like crude pistols). Various night shots men running holding larger burning barrels. C/U one man rubbing his face with a towel - he is covered in black soot and has nasty burns on his face, looks to be in pain. Narrator makes inappropriately light-hearted comment about man’s injury; “he’ll be back in the running next year“. FILM ID: 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 co