'Beverley Christmas Festival' video recording

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'Beverley Christmas Festival' video recording

Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Timing. Action on film: (00:32) Crowds in Wednesday market are waiting for Father Christmas. (03:10) The mace-bearer, Mayor David Horsley and David Grange, Chairman of East Riding County Council, lead Father Christmas into town. (03:29) Father Christmas appears in a sleigh, pulled by reindeers. (04:08) David Horsley welcomes Father Christmas. (05:56) Father Christmas moves down Toll Gavel, preceded by a juggler and a police car. (07:40) A view from a first floor window over the Festival of Christmas stalls in Saturday Market. (09:36) We look at the various stalls in the market. The stallholders are in Victorian costume. (11:06) The children's funfair rides on Saturday Market. (12:14) The Beverley Lions' Christmas tree under the Market Cross. (12:36) The L C Byass musical steam organ. (13:57) The Bistro restaurant at the corner of Hengate has a sign portraying a chef. (14:12) Vintage cars parked in North Bar Without. (19:24) Some Civil War re-enactors in period clothing. (19:41) A cannon and some tents in Coronation Gardens, and more re-enactors. There are many 17th century artefacts and weapons on display. (20:58) A re-enactor plays the bagpipes. (26:08) One of the re-enactors demonstrates how to load a musket and describes how to fire it. (28:16) We have another look at the vintage cars. (32:06) The gates at North Bar are closed and we see some of the re-enactors drilling. (34:40) One of the pike men 'deserts'. He has to run the gauntlet as punishment. (37:44) The re-enactment takes us back to the siege of Beverley in 1642, when the Roundheads tried to take Beverley, which was a Royalist town. (39:15) An expert from the re-enactors describes some of the battlefield tactics being demonstrated. (45:23) Some children from the audience are shown how to drill with 'pikes'. (49:01) The gates at North Bar are 'blown open' and the defence of Beverley is acted out. (1:01:30) A Roundhead spy is 'executed'. (1:03:04) Back in Saturday Market. We look around the Christmas Market and the children's fun fair. (1:09:20) In Wednesday Market, some ladies are performing a traditional folk dance. Film and Sound Archive access copy available onsite in the Audio-Visual Room

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Finding Aid: DDX1486/2/3

Title: 'Beverley Christmas Festival' video recording

Repository: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies (UK47)

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Description: Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM.Timing. Action on film:(00:32) Crowds in Wednesday market are waiting for Father Christmas.(03:10) The mace-bearer, Mayor David Horsley and David Grange, Chairman of East Riding County Council, lead Father Christmas into town.(03:29) Father Christmas appears in a sleigh, pulled by reindeers.(04:08) David Horsley welcomes Father Christmas.(05:56) Father Christmas moves down Toll Gavel, preceded by a juggler and a police car.(07:40) A view from a first floor window over the Festival of Christmas stalls in Saturday Market.(09:36) We look at the various stalls in the market. The stallholders are in Victorian costume.(11:06) The children's funfair rides on Saturday Market.(12:14) The Beverley Lions' Christmas tree under the Market Cross.(12:36) The L C Byass musical steam organ.(13:57) The Bistro restaurant at the corner of Hengate has a sign portraying a chef.(14:12) Vintage cars parked in North Bar Without.(19:24) Some Civil War re-enactors in period clothing.(19:41) A cannon and some tents in Coronation Gardens, and more re-enactors. There are many 17th century artefacts and weapons on display.(20:58) A re-enactor plays the bagpipes.(26:08) One of the re-enactors demonstrates how to load a musket and describes how to fire it.(28:16) We have another look at the vintage cars.(32:06) The gates at North Bar are closed and we see some of the re-enactors drilling.(34:40) One of the pike men 'deserts'. He has to run the gauntlet as punishment.(37:44) The re-enactment takes us back to the siege of Beverley in 1642, when the Roundheads tried to take Beverley, which was a Royalist town.(39:15) An expert from the re-enactors describes some of the battlefield tactics being demonstrated.(45:23) Some children from the audience are shown how to drill with 'pikes'.(49:01) The gates at North Bar are 'blown open' and the defence of Beverley is acted out.(1:01:30) A Roundhead spy is 'executed'.(1:03:04) Back in Saturday Market. We look around the Christmas Market and the children's fun fair.(1:09:20) In Wednesday Market, some ladies are performing a traditional folk dance.Film and Sound Archive access copy available onsite in the Audio-Visual Room

Subject: VIDEO

Subject: CHRISTMAS

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DDX1486-2-3 BEVERLEY CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL 2005