The Merry Month Of May (1923)

May day celebrations. A procession of girls through an archway of raised arms. Presumably a May Queen. Most of the girls are dressed in white. The May Queen is crowned. C, U her crown is made of flowers. Morris dancers on a village green. A strange game as men and women dressed as horseback riders (they have costumes which make it look as if they are on horseback) hit a ball around with sticks. A kind of polo I suppose Country dancing and maypole dancing. Traditional village green stuff location not named. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont