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London's Choice

Angelic children, dressed in white and garlanded with flowers, are shown at the annual May Queen festival in Hayes Common.

Non-Fiction 1929 1 mins Silent

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Overview

Nice footage of the May Queen festival at Hayes Common, with dozens of sweet-faced children, clothed in white and wearing floral tiaras, are shown walking through an arch of laurel and dancing round a maypole. The May Queen is crowned and then filmed laughing gleefully at the camera.