Chelsea Arts Ball (1939)

Full titles read: “CHELSEA ARTS BALL“ L/S’s of people celebrating the coming of the new year in London. L/S’s of thousands of people gathering for the event. L/S’s of Scottish bagpipers marching and playing. Various shots of large carnival style floats moving past including one that is in the shape of a dinosaur and has many young women on board. L/S’s of people dancing and balloons dropping from the ceiling. Cataloguers note: The commentator says that the celebrations actually took place on Friday the 30 December as the law would not permit it to take place on the Saturday. 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