Festival Of Youth (1946)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Sound / Mute Wembley Stadium, London - 1946. Duchess of Kent, Princess Marina, attends the festival of youth display at Wembley Stadium. Holding bouquet of flowers. On the stand as she watches display. Shots of children doing maypole dancing and Scottish dancing. Princess Marina seated in royal box, talks to officials. Young men jog gently over grass, as if they have wet themselves. They do exercises. Girls in little dresses do exercises in formation. Rear view of Duchess as she watches march past of young people from a platform. Several shots of march past. Mute section - all participants line up in formation on pitch. Duchess is presented with bouquet of flowers. Sound seems to be out of synch for most of this item. 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.
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