Guy Fawkes Week Aka Rye Bonfire Celebrations (1947)

Rye, near Hastings, Sussex. Bonfire celebrations feature decorated floats. Various shots of a procession of tableaux going through the streets of Rye, lit by naked torches at night. The people are having a great time. An elderly man is carried through the streets shoulder high. MS intercut shots of happy spectators. CU MS the huge bonfire MS LS Fireworks - rockets and Catherine wheels, etc. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pat