Yorkshire’s Rose Queen Crowned (1931)

Full title reads: “Scarborough. Yorkshire’s Rose Queen Crowned. 10,000 spectators at picturesque ceremony and the Battle of Flowers.“ Scarborough, Yorkshire. Boys dressed in old fashioned military style uniform walk down steps. They turn and form arch of words. Various contestants in beauty pageant walk down between them they are wearing long white dresses and bonnets. Parade of beauty contestants and others along seafront at Scarborough. Crowds watch as they pass by. Flower petals or rice are being thrown at them. New Yorkshire Rose Queen is crowned in front of bandstand. Shots of men doing Scottish folk dance. Pan up to show Beauty Queens watching. 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 collection, which includes more than 1