Springtime in an English Village

Colonial Film Unit | 1948 | 7 mins

An unexpected snapshot of rural life in the 1940s – the crowning of a young black girl as Queen of the May. However, it's hard to know quite how literally to take the proceedings. The film was made for the purpose of screening in towns and villages throughout Britain's African colonies, clearly providing a rather less-than-accurate impression of the average English village.