Tommy Handley Intros Gresham Singers (1937)
Comedian, Tommy Handley, introduces male voice quartet, the Gresham Singers, performing song John Peel (not the Radio 1 Pathe Studios, London. The singers, in dinner jackets, are gathered around a grand piano. They sing a cappella a traditional folk type song. Rural images montage to sound of song. L, S of barn and shire horse in field. M, S of hunting party outside farm house. L, S of hills shrouded in fog. L, S of rapid river running under arched bridge. L, S hills. M, S of hunting party walking through village. Various shots pack of hounds running up hillside. More shots singers around piano. M, S of village church. M, S of rapid river. C, U of John Peel s gravestone. L, S of church spire. M, S of church and graveyard. Various shots of hills. L, S of hunting party going up side of hill. More shots of singers around piano. Location of events in rural montage unknown, looks like north of England. Note: Tommy Handley is commentator on all items in Pathetone 3
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