"Blithely tripping - lightly dancing - the joy of youth in fingers and toes."
L/S of large groups of children dancing in formation in Hyde Park. Audience of mums and dads seen in the foreground. The children do reels - looks like Scottish Country Dancing. High angle shot of the kids dancing....
"Blithely tripping - lightly dancing - the joy of youth in fingers and toes."
L/S of large groups of children dancing in formation in Hyde Park. Audience of mums and dads seen in the foreground. The children do reels - looks like Scottish Country Dancing. High angle shot of the kids dancing.
"None of your serious ballroom styles for these youngsters - youth is too joyous for starched shirts and unwieldy dresses -" Low angle shot of girls dancing. M/S of the band. More shots of the girls dancing - they aren't in uniform but in short summer dresses.
They look like primary school age or young secondary school pupils maybe. The dancing continues. C/U of young toddler watching the dancing. High angle panning shot of the girls dancing then bowing.
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