Holiday Sports - Orange Pelting At Dunstable (1938)

Dunstable, Bedfordshire. On the crest of the Downs at Dunstable we see crowds of children struggling to catch oranges that women are throwing down the hills. It apparently relates to the Romans rolling boulders over the Downs to confound their enemies. Good L/Ss of the children scattered over the slopes. 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.