Cockney Party (1960)
C, U of some fruit, flowers and a stuffed bird on a hat on someone s head; M, S of two ladies wearing similar hats, talking and eating at a party in Blackheath, London. M, S of Jimmy Hanley (in waistcoat, granddad shirt, bowler hat, moustache and glasses) standing at the buffet table with a Beefeater; JH lifts a long eel from a plate; C, U of various dishes of food on the table; cockles and mussels an all that caper says the commentator. M, S of people standing at a table to get food while an old man eats cockles (I think); C, U of JH eating an eel, peeling off half of his moustache to take a bigger bite, then replacing it. C, Us of JH s hands getting a winkle out of a shell, then eating it. M, S showing lots of prepared party food on a table; personally prepared by a couple who put the vive in Bon Viveur, Fanny and John Cradock, for a cockney party at their home to celebrate their new book Something s Burning , says the commentator. M, S of a waiter lighting candles; C, U as he arranges cutlery on
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