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Ilford Hospital Carnival

Carnival fever hits Ilford and crowds come out to support a local hospital fundraiser.

Non-Fiction 1911 2 mins Silent

Overview

Carnival spirit is high and like the folk of Ilford you will be transfixed by beautiful bikes, costumes and elaborately decorated floats - wishing locals peace and prosperity or advertising Bovril. This charity spectacle was captured by the Gaumont Graphic newsreel. Also see the 1907 film Crewe Hospital Procession and Pageant - very similar in subject, if a little more up close and personal.

Genres

Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Ilford

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

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