The New Year Opens (1948)

Full title reads: THE NEW YEAR OPENS. CHELSEA ARTS BALL Royal Albert Hall, London. High angle shot of revellers singing and dancing Auld Lang Syne. Various shots of Scots pipers parading across the floor with happy people looking on and still singing. Balloons showering down from the roof onto the revellers below. People reach up to catch them. Several shots of set pieces and floats parading round theme of this year s ball is baroque. Two men are seen lifting girl s skirt up revealing sexy underwear girl is dressed as cancan dancer. Crowd cheering and waving. Several shots of the floats full of well dressed girls going round. Various shots of crowd waltzing round, showing various costumes. (01:35:26) FIERCEST BLIZZARD FOR 60 YEARS BRINGS NEW YORK TO STANDSTILL New York, United States of America (USA). Several good high angle shots of the skyscrapers of New York blanketed in snow. Pan down from snow falling in a narrow street to a coach driving through it. Coach driving along street l