Pearlies Harvest Festival (1963)

London. GV. St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London where the London’s pearlies and their families are to come for the traditional harvest festival. LV. Crowd gathered outside. SV. Group of Pearlies. CU. Girl wearing coat with ’Princess of London’ on the back. She turns around to show she is carrying a basket of food. CU. The princess. SV. Pan, group of Pearlies. CU. Bread shaped like a wheat sheaf. CU. Large loaf of bread with Stoke Newington on it. Zoom back to pearlies holding the loaf. CU. Pan, Pearly’s suit. SV. Pearlies from Bethnal Green holding basket of food. SV. Procession of Pearlies enter the church. CU. Pearly King holding bread shaped like wheat sheaf. LV. Interior, procession walking down the aisle. SV. & TS. SV. Choir. GV. Service in progress. 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