Round Pond in Kensington Park is drained for cleaning (1923)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Round Pond, noted for being the setting of J.M. Barrie’s book “Peter Pan in Kensington? Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Wrecks in the Round Pond ENGLAND: London: City of Westminster: Kensington Gardens: EXT Video Roll Title: The famous ’Peter Pan’ Round Pond, after 36 years, is being drained for cleaning: 67ft Issue sheet title: WRECKS IN THE ROUND POND. THE FAMOUS ’PETER PAN’ ROUND POND, AFTER 36 YEARS IS BEING DRAINED FOR CLEANING. KENSINGTON GARDENS LONDON, ENGLAND. MAIN TITLE (9ft) GV Boys feeding swans (14ft) Sea gulls circling over pond. (19ft) Father & boys feeding sea gulls (25ft) GV. Man shovelling soil on bank of pond. (42ft) TITLE: MANY FAMOUS YACHTS HAVE BEEN SALVAGED FROM THE DEPTHS. (47ft) Boy’s yacht in pond. (SCU) (53ft) GV Boy pulling the yacht out of the water. (64ft) SCU