L/S of people sat around the war memorial whilst carnival chairman Frank Curtis gives out the rules. L/S of people gathered for the event. M/S as Miss Mary Jones, the carnival queen, arrives and steps up...
L/S of people sat around the war memorial whilst carnival chairman Frank Curtis gives out the rules. L/S of people gathered for the event. M/S as Miss Mary Jones, the carnival queen, arrives and steps up to the platform, M/S of her and attendants. M/S as she is crowned by Gwen Owen, C/U of Mary wearing the crown. The past carnival queen comes to congratulate her. The camera pans across the crowds.
Various shots of procession where a clown conducts the band which follows. M/S of children on a float. Various shots of people parading in fancy dress whilst others ride by on floats. Children wave. M/S of a coal mine, the camera pans across the people gathered in front at the carnival. M/S as the camera pans across the officials and organisers of the carnival.
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