appy ampstead (1931)
Roll up for the great coming of the Fair to anything but high and haughty High angle shots of the crowds at a London funfair on Hampstead Heath. Shots of various rides including swing boats, merrygoround, galloping horses, etc Three girls link arms and do a little dance. The fair is likened to a human beehive. A couple hold on to each other on a moving cakewalk. Three girls throw balls at a coconut shy this is seen in slow motion. M, S of the coconuts all lined up. Uncle Sam sometimes thinks our amusements slow so let s speed up a Very fast footage of the crowds and the rides. All through the day they go into the dusk. These pictures will interest all Photographers they were taken at nightfall with specially supersensitive M, S of girls standing in front of a merrygoround. Shots of sideshow stalls. Dodgem cars at night. Hoopla. Darts game. Galloping horses. Speeded up footage of the crowds at night. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial i
|
|