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NEWCASTLE GANG SHOW 1951

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WORK ID: NEFA 22750 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
NEWCASTLE GANG SHOW 19511951 1951-01-01
Details Original Format: Standard 8
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Silent
Duration: 11 mins 36 secs
Credits: Maurice Brunton
Genre: Amateur

Subject: Entertainment/Leisure
Arts/Culture



Summary
An amateur film produced by Maurice Brunton of the 1951 Newcastle Scout Gang Show taking place in the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, and featuring scouts of all ages in both female as well as male costumes performing a revue or variety show of song, dance, and comedy sometimes accompanied by the audience.
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An amateur film produced by Maurice Brunton of the 1951 Newcastle Scout Gang Show taking place in the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, and featuring scouts of all ages in both female as well as male costumes performing a revue or variety show of song, dance, and comedy sometimes accompanied by the audience. The film begins with members of the Tyneside Boy Scouts and Rovers (grown-up boy Scouts) coming onto the stage in white shirts and shorts, socks, and plimsolls to perform the prologue....
An amateur film produced by Maurice Brunton of the 1951 Newcastle Scout Gang Show taking place in the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, and featuring scouts of all ages in both female as well as male costumes performing a revue or variety show of song, dance, and comedy sometimes accompanied by the audience. The film begins with members of the Tyneside Boy Scouts and Rovers (grown-up boy Scouts) coming onto the stage in white shirts and shorts, socks, and plimsolls to perform the prologue. Younger scouts wearing the same outfit coming onto the stage and they all perform a synchronised marching musical routine up and down a flight of steps. Next a dance routine featuring the Scouts dressed in sailor outfits and one boy dressed in a Shirley Temple dress singing a song after which the stage curtains close. Another musical number features boys dressed as schoolgirls performing in front of a painted set followed by the same group performing a dance number in business suits. The next sketch features boys dressed in Egyptian costumes, at the side of the stage cast members wait for their cue to go on. Backstage with the curtain down performers get into position for the next routine which features boys dressed in dark shirts and shorts, socks, and plimsolls singing in front of the curtain, the audience move their hands to accompany the routine. Another synchronised dance routine follows featuring boys wearing white sailor uniforms, the film then changes to show Sea Scouts and others performing on stage. A full-sized replica of a ship's bow is built on stage, the Scouts performing beneath it. The routine ends with the recreation of the launch of a ship as the curtains close. More routines follow including a line of Scouts in top hats and tails dancing with boys wearing flowing dresses. More dancing follows with a variety of male and female costumes. A comedy sketch is performed in front of the curtain featuring a family sitting at a table is followed by another dance routine in front of a man, possibly a compere. Another mass synchronised routine featuring all the scouts ends with the curtain falling and the film ends with people leaving the stage and a Scout Master coming on stage to speak to the audience.
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