The First Oysters (1925)

No title - paperwork reads - The first oysters. Opening of season celebrated with ancient customs including, of course, “the gin and the gingerbread“. Colchester, Essex. M/S of the mayor and a man in tricorner hat drinking gin out of small glasses and eating gingerbread. M/S as they stand in a boat and haul nets of oysters out of the sea. M/S as the mayor and other officials eat them and throw the shells into the sea. Various shots as the mayor and others eat the oysters. Note: an orange tinted version exists. 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 B