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BLAYDON RACES

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WORK ID: NEFA 22994 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
BLAYDON RACES1962 1962-01-01
Details Original Format: Standard 8
Colour: Colour
Sound: Silent
Duration: 2 mins 33 secs
Credits: Robert Clark
Genre: Home Movie

Subject: Entertainment/Leisure
Celebrations/Ceremonies



Summary
A home movie produced by Robert Clark that is believed to feature both juvenile jazz bands and decorative floats parading through Gateshead as part of the centenary of the Blaydon Races in June 1962.
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A home movie produced by Robert Clark that is believed to feature both juvenile jazz bands and decorative floats parading through Gateshead as part of the centenary of the Blaydon Races in June 1962. Two couples walking along the marina at Whitby changes to two boys posing in the doorway of a house. A policeman on horseback leads a procession of decorated floats and juvenile jazz bands pasts crowds of onlookers. [Flaring] A woman wearing a black cape sits atop a float waving at the crowds...
A home movie produced by Robert Clark that is believed to feature both juvenile jazz bands and decorative floats parading through Gateshead as part of the centenary of the Blaydon Races in June 1962. Two couples walking along the marina at Whitby changes to two boys posing in the doorway of a house. A policeman on horseback leads a procession of decorated floats and juvenile jazz bands pasts crowds of onlookers. [Flaring] A woman wearing a black cape sits atop a float waving at the crowds as she passes, she is flanked by two other women. Behind the float two juvenile jazz bands marching behind their banner, they both make right turns at a road junction. A woman in fancy dress shakes a donations tin at the watching crowds, behind her three small girls in costumes. A man dressed as a gollywog holds up an umbrella while pushing a pushchair. Two more juvenile jazz bands parade past including the Sunderland Juvenile Jazz Band
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