Film Record: Scenes From Runnymede Pageant

Still from Scenes From Runnymede Pageant via EAFA

Identifier:

• 4447 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

Eunice Alliott

Eustace Alliott

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:02:27

Length:

50 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

A short film documenting a historical re-enactment in Runnymede, Surrey.

Locations:

• Runnymede, Surrey, UK (Filming)

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
•               Entertaining
•           Festivals

Genre:

• Documentary
• Historical

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Viewing Notes:

"Scenes from the pageant include: dignitaries ascend to viewing platform; participants before the event in historical costume; young ballerinas lead procession of men dressed as Roman soldiers; men and women dressed as ancient Britons; re-enactment of the signing of Magna Carta, horseman holds the document aloft after signing" (EAFA Database).

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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