Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY ARTHUR GREEN [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur colour film shot by Arthur Green, a Greater London Council Assistant Scientific Officer, recording traditional spring Furry (Floral) May Day processional dance through the streets of Helston, Cornwall.
Description: Title "HELSTON FURRY" a brass band leads the processional dance through the crowded streets of Helston. The women dancers are wearing smart, short, summer dresses and short white gloves, the male dancers are wearing dark trousers, white shirts and dark ties. Both men and women are wearing a floral button-hole, probably of lily-of-the valley. Further shots of the band, dancers and onlookers. Long shot of the procession passing a funfair. High angle shot of the band and dancers. Older man carrying a bassoon walking next to a boy carrying an oboe followed by a group of boys, one dressed as St George, another dressed as Friar Tuck (?) with others carrying branches of sycamore. Two policeman leading a procession headed by a brass band and including young boys and girls, dressed in white, doing a version of the processional dance seen earlier. Brief dark shots of older boys and girls dancing. Further shot of the processional dancers dressed in white. Further shots of the child dancers, followed by shot of the younger and older child dancers standing in a group. More shots of the brass band led by the two policemen followed by the young child dancers and then the older dancers. High angle overhead shot of the procession of dancers. Long shot of a group of dancers in a park - the women wearing long evening dresses, long gloves and hats, the men wearing morning suits and top hats. Some of the well-dressed dancers pose for the camera. Various high angle shots of the well-dressed dancers and the large crowds (some shots rather dark) followed by brief shots of the crowd. Views of the funfair - the carousel, a dodgem car ride, a children's merry-go-round ride and visitors looking at a stall. High angle view looking down on the brass band and the dancers who appeared at the beginning of the film. More view of the brass band and the dancers. Title "THE END" super-imposed over the final image.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY ARTHUR GREEN [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 5117
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1952-05
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Green, Arthur F2001 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 266 ft; Running time: 11 mins (16 fps)
