Sweepstake Draw At Mansion House Aka Golden Notes (1936)

Item title reads - Golden Notes. Cambridgeshire sweepstake draw. Dublin, Eire, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland. Various good shots of Dublin with people walking along and trams running. M/S interior of the Mansion House as the sweep girls walk along in various costumes representing characters from grand opera. M/S as auditors put the counterfoils into a big drum which then tumbles around. M/S’s of Lord Powerscourt and Lord Mayor making speeches. C/U’s of the girls in various wigs and costumes. A nurse picks the name of a horse out of a small drum. A row of nurses draw the counterfoils out of the big one. Various shots of their hands picking the tickets, a man collects them. They are announced and people outside run to tell others the news. Various good shots of people reading the news in the ’Evening Herald’ on trams. L/S as camera pans across people in the Mansion House, various shots of people waiting and chatting. M/S of the girls picking more tickets. L/S of National Matern