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May Day Celebrations At Elstow (1939)

May Day Celebrations At Elstow (1939)

British Pathé

29K views 12 years ago

Warm-up Questions

What do you think people usually do in May Day celebrations?
What kind of events might happen in a village celebration?
The title includes “1939.” How might celebrations in 1939 look different from today?

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May Day Celebrations At Elstow (1939)

Old customs and the May Queen arrives (00:00 – 01:01)

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1. Where does the tradition take place?

A castle in Scotland
A little village in Bedfordshire
A large city in London
A seaside town in Cornwall

2. What is happening when the May Queen arrives?

A wedding ceremony
A school exam
A football match
A coronation

3. How does the May Queen travel across the village green?

In a car
On a train
On a bicycle
In a flower covered coach

May Day Celebrations At Elstow (1939)

Honoring the queen under the maypole (01:01 – 02:00)

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1. Where do the queen and her court move?

To a river outside the village
To a church inside the village
To a market in the next town
To the throne at the edge of the green

2. What becomes the center of activity again?

The train station
The village school
The main road
The mapole

3. What does the speaker suggest about Elstow compared with the rest of the world?

Elstow prefers to stay behind
Elstow is marching in a parade
Elstow wants to change quickly
Elstow plans to stop celebrating

May Day Celebrations At Elstow (1939)

A traditional spirit continues (02:00 – 02:50)

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1. What does the speaker say still lives?

The spirit of Mer England
The spirit of the city
The spirit of modern industry
The spirit of winter

2. What is heard during this ending section?

A long interview
Mostly music
Complete silence
A weather report

May Day Celebrations At Elstow (1939)

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1. What is the main focus of the video?

A sports competition on the village green
How to build a maypole
A political speech about May Day
A village May Day celebration and May Queen tradition

2. What message does the narrator communicate about traditions?

Traditions disappear quickly
Traditions are only for cities
Traditions are always replaced by technology
Traditions can continue for a very long time

3. How is Elstow presented in the video?

As a place that is famous for factories
As a place that keeps old customs alive
As a place that is empty and quiet
As a place that has stopped celebrating

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

May Day Celebrations At Elstow (1939)

Why do you think some villages try to keep old customs alive?
Do you have a festival or tradition in your country that happens every year? What usually happens?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of “staying behind” and not changing quickly?
If you could plan a modern May Day celebration, what would you keep the same and what would you change?

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