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Jubilee Celebrations at Clopton Hall Farm

1935 , Wickhambrook (Suffolk)

Cat no. 1400

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The Silver Jubilee of HM King George V and HM Queen Mary, May 6th, 1935.

The first scenes of this film show a group of men building a large, four-storey bonfire. The men climb the bonfire in order to build the top. The next scenes show a family in a garden, apparently inspecting the vegetables. A man hoists a Union Flag up a flag pole. A watching crowd stand and cheer. A group of men then erect a marquee. Cars and lorries approach the farm, some of them bringing people to the Jubilee Celebrations. There are side stalls, one of which carries a banner 'God Save The King'. Children arrive at the farm, some of them accompanied by nurses. People from the village arrive also. The house can be seen in the background. There are scenes of people gathered around a stall and generally milling around. The Brooke family 'christen' their new lorry 'Jubilee' to commemorate the occasion. A woman breaks a bottle against the van and it drives out of the garage to cheering crowds. A group of women wash up and this section of the film ends abruptly as a crowd begins to gather. The second film on this reel shows the fleet of lorries owned by J. Brooke driving in and out of the farmyard. There are as many as five in the picture at the same time. The final scenes are of a small boy playing on a push along tractor.

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Christening the new cruiser 'Jubilee'. Clopton News Reel. The Return Of The Fleet.

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