School For Gipsy Children (1926)

Sussex. Title: "SCHOOL FOR GIPSY CHILDREN. Little folk of the Romany Colony of Hurtwood, have their first experience of lessons in woodland school". Exterior. M/S of a woman wearing a headscarf leading a procession of children down a woodland path, pan to show them entering a wooden hut. Panning shot of the group of scruffy looking children outside the hut, they all giggle at the camera. Interior. M/S of a cramped classroom inside the hut, children of all ages work side by side. C/U of a man (the teacher) leaning over two boys working at a desk, the teacher shows one of the boys how to hold his pen properly. After a few seconds of spacing, story resumes at 01:18:36, looks like cuts. C/U of the teacher sitting at a desk next to a little girl, the teacher writes on her slate and points to something behind the camera (the blackboard?), he passes the slate back to the girl and she begins to write. C/U of two boys writing. More shots of the group of children. More shots of the group of children walking through the woodland. FILM ID:446.05 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/