Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
CHELSEA ARTS BALL
Royal Albert Hall, London

GV Dancing in progress STV Man dressed as Native American Indian jiving SCU Cowboy type dancing not quite so professionally MTV Crowd dancing SCU Girl on man's shoulders SCU Man dressed as 'Man from Mars' dancing LV Boxes, suspended ducks from ceiling

SV Tableaux, giant fish with man seated in mouth MTV Ditto Girls on back

SV Students putting forward next tableau MTV Pan, dragon tableau SCU Man in tail of tableau being pushed across hall on bottom

MTV Elephant tableau SV Merrymakers attacking tableaux One man hustled off by two stewards by legs People milling around tableau Another tableau being torn apart

SCU Beefeater wrestling with man SV Merrymakers jumping on tableau SV Man dressed as Carmen Miranda

MV Diana being lowered from roof CU Two costumed types kissing

SV Balloons coming down for ceiling SCU balloons being punched SV Crowd trying to get balloons More balloons coming down The crowd are singing Auld Lang Syne Good New Year's Eve material

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NB This kind of boisterous behaviour was standard at Chelsea Arts Balls
British Pathe
01/01/1952
00:01:53:00
Black & White
Sound
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Keywords

Royal Albert Hall Kensington London Chelsea Arts Ball celebrations holidays New Year entertainments dances fancy dress cowboys native American Indians sculptures students fighting kissing singing dancing
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