Tommy Handley Intros Gresham Singers (1937)

Comedian, Tommy Handley, introduces male voice quartet, the Gresham Singers, performing song - ’John Peel’ (not the Radio 1 D.J.!). Pathe Studios, London. The singers, in dinner jackets, are gathered around a grand piano. They sing a cappella a traditional folk type song. Rural images montage to sound of song. L/S of barn and shire horse in field. M/S of hunting party outside farm house. L/S of hills shrouded in fog. L/S of rapid river running under arched bridge. L/S hills. M/S of hunting party walking through village. Various shots pack of hounds running up hillside. More shots singers around piano. M/S of village church. M/S of rapid river. C/U of John Peel’s gravestone. L/S of church spire. M/S of church and graveyard. Various shots of hills. L/S of hunting party going up side of hill. More shots of singers around piano. Location of events in rural montage unknown, looks like north of England. Note: Tommy Handley is commentator on all items in Pathetone 3