Children’s Carnival (1963)

A colourful film of children in fancy dress for the Children’s carnival in Rye in East Sussex. The children are dressed in a number of different costumes we see a C/U of one in a witches costume with pointy hat and large stick on teeth. Also, a Roman soldier, and a Gnome and a boy sits on a horse as a knight. We see various shots of children in procession walking past the camera, this time as bunny rabbits, clowns and Robin Hood, a crowd watches the proceedings in the backgrounds. The film has a village country fete feel about it. 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)