Spring Has Come! (1932)

“And as it came, Nellie the Elephant at Belle Vue, Manchester, got caught in the spring-cleaning fever.“ M/S of a keeper walking towards the camera followed by an elephant. The man with the elephant wears a fez and Middle Eastern baggy white trousers and shirt. He hits the elephant with a stick. A group of bathing belles in swimsuits push along a barrel filled with water on a cart. Various shots of the fun and games which ensue when the girls give Nellie a bath. Two of the girls climb on the elephant’s back as the others throw water. “Scrubbing her down in the way that Mother taught them - “ A yard brush is used to scrub the elephant. C/U of the two girls sitting on the elephant’s back. They use small hand brushes to scrub the skin. C/U of one of the girls filing the elephant’s nails. M/S and L/S of water being thrown on the elephant and brushes being used. Some of the Belle Vue buildings are visible in the background, and a roller coaster. “With Nellie giving a helping hand (or trunk).“