Brighton Pageant (1951)

Full title reads: “Brighton Pageant“. Brighton, Sussex. SV Towards and pan Band of the ’Cherry Pickers’, 15th - 19th Royal Hussars marching into arena. SV Disabled people clapping pan to band marching in arena. VS of band. VS of people coming in through the turnstiles. CU. Notice “Brighton Festival“. VS of people dressed in various historical costumes preparing for the pageant - some are collecting mock weapons. Good shots of people in different period costumes. CU of man dressed a Roman Legionnaire smoking cigarette. SV Mayor Eric Simms and Corporation of Brighton seated in stand. VS of pageant - Roman soldiers march out, followed by Ancient Britons. VS chariots galloping across arena. MV Crowd. VS of parade of floats as night falls. SV Mayor Alderman Eric Simms and Mayoress of Brighton. VS of floodlights. SV a stagecoach arrives from London. (Orig. Neg.) Special for Brighton FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOC