Spring Has Come (1932)

And as it came, Nellie the Elephant at Belle Vue, Manchester, got caught in the springcleaning M, S of a keeper walking towards the camera followed by an elephant. The man with the elephant wears a fez and Middle Eastern baggy white trousers and shirt. He hits the elephant with a stick. A group of bathing belles in swimsuits push along a barrel filled with water on a cart. Various shots of the fun and games which ensue when the girls give Nellie a bath. Two of the girls climb on the elephant s back as the others throw water. Scrubbing her down in the way that Mother taught them A yard brush is used to scrub the elephant. C, U of the two girls sitting on the elephant s back. They use small hand brushes to scrub the skin. C, U of one of the girls filing the elephant s nails. M, S and L, S of water being thrown on the elephant and brushes being used. Some of the Belle Vue buildings are visible in the background, and a roller coaster. With Nellie giving a helping hand (or