Latymer School pupils evacuated and Greek dancing
16mm film Colour;Black & White Silent 1938 21:31
Summary: Latymer School pupils evacuated to the country; colour sequence of girls dancing.
Title number: 20993
LSA ID: LSA/27556
Description: In the countryside, a group of girls pushing a wheelbarrow with a bin on it. Group of walking from a campsite, then down a country lane with a lighthouse in the background. At the campsite, girls filling water bottles and cooking. Shot of girls dancing with sea in the background.
Girls walking towards camera along country lane, then packing bags and wearing hats and coats.
<colour> In this 1938 rendition of a classic Greek play, "Iphigeneia in Tauris," a group of young female dancers in shimmering gold costumes leap into formation. They start, stop, and arrange themselves in a mesmerising manner, holding poses where needed. They craft various statuesque formations, before drawing an array of sashes in a symphony of colour. Their dancing resumes, only now they have the flurry of colour to add an extra bit of flare to their performance.
IT: June 1940 -August 1942, Scenes from evacuation Mawnan Smith, near Falmouth, Cornwall. Group of school girls in uniform, group of boys sitting on deck chairs preparing to play cricket. boys walk towards camera and then scenes of a cricket match, then shot of a girl holding a cricket bat. A group of boys in swimming costumes jumping into the seas, girls in swimming costumes walking the beach, then the boys and girls in the sea. Teachers look on. Shot of children sitting outside a pub(?) drawing the building. Shot of pupils leaving a village school, shot of boys picking potatoes in field and a view of a horse and cart. Shot of boy on horse and then a view of the village school. A scene in the village of a horse-drawn hay cart with pupils walking in front. Shot of a boy sitting on a white dray horse whilst blacksmith is shoeing the horse; pupils look on. The hay-cart comes towards the camera. Shot of girl milking a cow, group of boys leaving a church. Boys running up steps in a formal garden. Boys walking towards camera in front of a large house.
Shot of (family) women in front of detached house.
Shot of boys football team, girls playing hockey in field, smaller group of younger boys posing for camera playing around. Shot of girls hockey team and then shot of local Home Guard. Shot of young cadets drilling in front of general store an circulating library. They then march pass the same pub (The Red Lion, Mawnan Smith) as previously drawn by the children.
Group of school girls and boys in a field pulling and cutting grass. Boys driving a tractor and ploughing a field.
Shot of soldier (father) and bride entering church followed by bride and groom (in naval uniform) leaving church with guard of honour and guests. Shot of Home Guard and cadets marching along street and then scouts and girl-guides for church parade.
Group of boys playing a form of leap-frog
IT: 1941 Girl's Agricultural camp, Eye, Herefordshire.
Schoolgirls stacking wheat-sheafs in field, shot of farmyard and tractor arrives with a number of girls riding on it., the wave to the camera.
Shot of girls washing a car and then shot cats and kittens in a garden.
Shot of farmyard with giant haystack and a girl feeding chickens.
Shot of cricket pitch with pupils milling around, two girls go out to bat. Shot of girls mowing the cricket pitch and pushing a heavy roller. View of cricket match.
View across field of distant village with church tower and then a field of cows. Then view of sheep in field. View of farm house and outbuildings and then view of girl with scythe tending grass Final shot of sheep dog walking across farm yard.
Keywords: evacuation; Latymer School; WW2
Locations: Devon, Cornwall, Herefordshire
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