Southend-on-Spree!

1931 , Southend-on-Sea (Essex)

Cat no. 138

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The 1931 Southend-On-Sea Carnival Processions.

The film begins with the band playing in the bandstand, although not playing what can be heard on the sound track. The film moves to a street scene and we see the beginning of the carnival parade. The Carnival Queen is presented with a medal and a sprig of heather sent from the King at Balmoral. The Mayor is heard making a speech to the Carnival Queen. The film moves back to the carnival procession. There are police in evidence. Floats are drawn by a mixture of lorries, tractors and horses. There is also a band marching and this time the music heard is the actual sound track. In the foreground are three young men blacked up.

Featured Events

Southend Carnival Week, 1931

Intertitles

King Carnival takes command of the Londoner's popular seaside resort.

Other Places

Southend-on-Sea

Background Information

This was probably the first ever 'talkie' shot in Southend. It was made a mere eighteen months after the first sound film to be shown in Britain, Hitchcock's Blackmail.The Mayor was Alderman Albert Martin. The Carnival Queen was Miss Ethel Wilson.

Maker : Gaumont

Manifestations

Southend-on-Spree!

Genre: Actuality / Portrait of a Place / Newsreel
Locations: Southend-on-Sea (Essex)
Description Type: monographic
Subject: parades / Squadron Leader Booth / Ethel Wilson / bandstands / carnivals / Albert Martin / bands (music)

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