Felix Mendelssohn Issue Title Pathe Pictorial Goes Away For The Weekend (1947)

No titles. Berkshire. Point of view shot from a boat drifting along a river, past the drooping branches of a tree. We then see and hear Felix Mendelssohn s Hawaiian Serenaders in printed shirts sitting and playing a slow, lilting tune Paradise Island on the bank of the river. A Hawaiian girl in a grass skirt strums a ukulele and sings. Another Hawaiian girl makes authentic hand movements to the music. Several shots of people drifting by in boats. Exotic glamour girls in swimsuits and leis, wearing flowers in their hair recline in punts as they are rowed along by men in Hawaiian shirts. FILM 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 (191019