May Day - 1940 | The Archivist Presents |

May Day weekend is coming up, we have a Bank Holiday in the UK on Monday and some folk will be celebrating in a traditional way.
Here's a lovely film showing the traditional May Day celebrations at Elstow, near Bedford in 1940.
The May Queen is crowned and doves of peace are released. Then there is the usual maypole dancing by children and watched by fairly large crowds.
You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive. The story number is: BM38879
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[@DaveSCameron]

How wonderful and a mere 84 years ago, I wonder how many May Queens will be crowned this year in 2024?

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This is simply GORGEOUS! ❤❤❤❤❤

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1 may 2024 Morning

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May Day - 1940 | The Archivist Presents | #440 30.4.24 White Rabbit day....and, yer correct, there is a lighter side to life. this aint it, though. Workers' rebellion skit's tomorrow...