Flour v Soot - 1962 | The Archivist Presents | #339

This film puts me in mind of an early British film called The Miller and the Sweep, made in 1897 where a miller and a sweep fight it out, covering each other with flour and soot. I wonder if there is a link to this annual tradition, a Bakers v Sweeps football match on Boxing Day. One of the sporting events over the holiday began with a procession at Waltham Cross and a collection for an Old Peoples’ Charity. It was the prelude to a slapstick football match between the Bakers and the Sweeps, which has been held for over a half a century. MS poster on the back of person “Baker V Sweeps“. LS bakers and sweeps walking along some carrying posters. Various shots of same - some with big hats on. MS man in fireman’s hat collecting money at house door. MS kid collecting money in a hat from couple in street. LS football match between the bakers and the sweeps in progress. LS bakers covering the sweeps in flour. Shots of same. LS man runs out with ball under his arm - more flour is thrown. LS man kicks ball another r