Warkworth Pageant (1920 1929)
Titles read: Warkworth Pageant opened by Her Grace, The Duchess of Northumberland. Northumberland. The Duchess, wife of the 8th Duke Alan Ian Percy, speaks; standing on a platform w, other local VIPs seated there. Pageant is held at ruins of Benedictine Abbey. Children enter in historical costumes: knights; monks; ladies gentlemen etc. The Abbey makes a wonderful setting. Shots such as a guy climbing up the jagged wall; a maiden climbing down a rope ladder to escape from stone tower; her lover waiting at the bottom. They try to sneak away but meet up w, another man a sword duel takes place. The girl is also killed. Procession of nuns; monks and assorted medieval characters; w, an old man in long white beard plain robe walking alone in the rear. Children skipping around in circle dance. Wide shot of abbey; ladder still hanging from window. Also shots of audience in seats and leaving after performance. Architecture; entertainment. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONL
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