Ceremonies In England And Italy Aka Festival Of Harvest (1935)

Item title reads - Festival of Harvest. Ceremonies in England and Italy. St. Peter’s church, Battersea. M/S as procession of altar boys and clergy, including the vicar H. G. Kelsey, walk towards the church. Sailors carry a wheat sheaf and children carry harvest baskets of fruit and bread. The vicar also believes that science and its benefits should be part of the harvest. M/S as boys carry a wireless set, model aeroplane and railway engine towards the church. A little girl goes into the church. M/S procession of naval cadets following. C/U of choir boys holding a large pumpkin, M/S of the boys holding the wireless set and aeroplane. M/S of a little girl holding a basket and crying her eyes out. M/S pan across children with their baskets. M/S of St. Peter’s church in Titchfield, Hampshire. The camera pans down to a crowd of people gathered outside for the toy service. M/S of procession of choir boys and clergy walking through the streets. Various shots of children with their toys, they include