Student’s Merry Shrovetide Rag (1929)

Item title reads - Students’ merry Shrovetide rag. Manchester. M/S as students in various forms of fancy dress run around a chair. M/S of them cooking pancakes, they stand on a float and toss them. M/S of more students on the ground, and on floats, carrying collecting boxes. M/S of the mayor stood with another man looking a bit dubious. M/S of a tram full of students, followed by a float. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website