“Oyez, Oyez, Oyez“ (1926)

Full title reads: “Oyez, oyez, oyez! Holidaymakers try their hands (or rather mouths) in Town Criers’ Competition“. Hastings, East Sussex. M/S of a row of men sitting on a platform, in front of them a man rings a large bell and reads from a piece of paper. M/S of a younger man ringing the bell and shouting (with great enthusiasm), ’oyez! oyez!’. Panning shot of a crowd of holidaymakers on deck chairs. M/S of a woman trying her hand at being a town crier. M/S of another woman town crier competitor. She makes the people around her laugh when she starts to shout. Cuts exist - see separate record for details. 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 G