’the Rag Of Rags’ (1932)

Full Title reads: “’The Rag of Rags’ Liverpool Students ’round up’ the City in aid of Hospitals.“ Liverpool, Merseyside. High angle shot of rag parade. Float based on lorry drives past. It is made to look like a ship - The ’LSD Mudlark’ - Students stand on the float dressed in costumes as fishermen. People watch from the pavements. Other floats and lorries pass by. One features people dressed as pirates. One has men dressed as nurses. One has men dressed as agricultural workers, with the banner ’Buy British Beef’. Lots of people in fancy dress. Closer shot of flat bed lorry carrying people dressed as ghosts, skeletons and wizards. They carry a banner saying ’Dead Men Tell No Tales“. Closer shot of lorry with banner ’Haslam’s Old Lags’. The students are dressed as convicts and have a sign saying ’We Want Women Warders’. (Natural sound track only - No commentary) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINAT