"Ye Merrie Month Of Maye" AKA The Merry… 1932

Star Item

Description

Full title reads: "'Ye Merrie Month of Maye' and Mother did wake little 12 year old Nora Glover early to be crowned 'Queen of the May' - at 6 am."

Walworth Road, London.

Children - mainly dressed in white - helped into open lorry. The lorry moves off, a small crowd has gather to see...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4941
Sort Number:
32/035
Time in/Out:
01:08:24:00 / 01:09:41:00
Canister:
32/35
Film ID:
673.08
Issue Date:
02/05/1932

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2006 London bombings.
911
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
The Big Guns Roar!

The Big Guns Roar!

Great shots of US Battleships firing their guns - they are on the firing range but you'd never know.

Great Scottish And Irish Houses Unite

Great Scottish And Irish Houses Unite

Marriage of Earl of Dumfries and Lady Eileen Forbes - she shakes hands with estate workers.

New Governor For New South Wales

New Governor For New South Wales

Alexander Hore-Ruthven is welcomed to Sydney as Governor for New South Wales. Australia.

HMS Dorsetshire

HMS Dorsetshire

The King's Colour is removed from H.M.S. Dorsetshire to show it has completed its commission in Simonstown, South Africa.

News In A Nutshell

News In A Nutshell

News in a Nutshell includes 14 Golden Wedding couples in Belgium, Silver Jubilee decorations, and the yacht "Britannia" having new mast fitted.

Army Races In Full Kit

Army Races In Full Kit

11 squadrons from the Italian Alpine Regiment take part in skiing races wearing their full kit. Dolomite mountains, Italy.

Carnival Time In Offenburg (Aka Masked Carnival)

Carnival Time In Offenburg (Aka Masked Carnival)

A Swabian costume carnival takes place through the streets of Offenburg, with plenty of strange costumes on show. Germany.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
WW1animals
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler