Crowds attend closing of the Festival of Britain (1951)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Flags are lowered as crowds watch and sing to the close of the festival on the South Bank of the river Thames in London. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Farewell To The Festival ENGLAND: London: South Bank: EXT CROWDS. Huge crowds at the Closing of the Festival Site Ceremony. watching the Guards massed Bands marching to fro in the Finally crowds sing Abide With Mee Auld Lang Syne FESTIVAL SITE Final closing of the South Bank Site by crowds massed in the ground. . shots of illuminations. Skylon shows up in the darkness. beams of light light up th parade of the Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards. marching etc good C. U. s etc etc. crowds sing. GUARDS. Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards at closing ceremony of the Festival Site at South Bank. Marching back and fro. Good shots as they march in