Dogs’ Tea Party (1954)

Dogs’ Tea Party, Kenilworth, London. L/S Owners walking their dogs back and forwards. They stop and leave their dogs. The dogs obediently sit, while the owners walk off. C/U Corgi sitting. L/S Owner giving them the sign to get up. L/S Dogs running to their owners. L/S Dogs going up to owners and sitting on ground. L/S comedian Derek Roy and his St. Bernard dog (Nero). He goes up to man who puts him into line with other owners and their dogs. M/S Instructor, who raises his hand. L/S The owners walking out of picture with their dogs. M/S Owners walking into picture with their dogs. They turn and walk back. They then stop and their dogs sit by the side of them except the St. Bernard dog. Derek is tapping the dog’s rear half to make it sit which it does at end of shot. C/U St. Bernard dog lying on grass. M/S Derek smiling at dog. M/S Onlookers smiling. L/S Owners leaving their dogs. The St. Bernard dog gets up also and runs off. Camera pans along dogs. We see the blank space where the St. Bernard should be