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Title: CHRISTMAS PARTY 1970 AND 1971

Reference number: 8969

Date: 1970 / 1971

Sound: silent

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.20 mins

Description: Primary School Christmas parties of 1970 and 1971. [unidentified Ayrshire Primary School]

Shotlist: children hold hands and walk in two concentric circles (.44) gv's accordion player and electric keyboardist, two little boys square off (1.04) circle game; children are given ice creams and eat them (2.20) gv's children playing circle game, teachers play fight (3.33) children are handed bottle of lemonade?; ms boys in matching floral shirts (4.09) Santa arrives with a sleigh full of presents; children receive presents and show them off, smaller children with help from parents or older children (6.39) children and adults, some wearing party hats dance the hokey cokey (7.10) gv's children walk in circle, crowd together as part of party game (7.47) gv's kissing game? (8.15) children dancing the twist (8.53) children dancing Strip the Willow (9.41) brief shots toddler and children eating ice cream, teachers eating ice cream and smiling (10.35) gv's pass the parcel (11.05) Santa rides in on his sleigh; Santa shakes their hands and gives them their gift; ms girl unwrapping her "Chad Valley handicraft Feltwork" present; small children are carried up to Santa; brief shots children opening presents amongst discarded wrapping (13.20)