Movie Clips
These are short sequences of 10-20 seconds each. Each file is about 1Mb in size which will take a while to download unless you have broadband. The clips are in compressed WMV format in order to minimise download time. You will need a media player, for example Windows Media Player (download from here) or RealOne player (download here).
| BBC South Today at Swanage (10/9/2004) | |
| A part of the programme
broadcast on 10/9/2004. We're helping out Wicket Brood. |
movie (1.1Mb) |
| The Wassail Ceremony (12/1/2003) | |
| Selecting and toasting
the King & Queen of the Bean, burying the wren, blessing the tree with toast and beer, driving off evil spirits from the tree |
movie (1.5Mb) |
| White Ladies Aston (12/1/2003) | |
| The chorus | movie (1.1Mb) |
| The Linked Hey figure | movie (1.1Mb) |
| Alvechurch Smithy (12/1/2003) | |
| Half a chorus, then the "dunk"
figure, followed by another half chorus |
movie (1.6Mb) |
| The Worcester Monkey (12/1/2003) | |
| The chorus | movie (1.0 Mb) |
| The Monkey Hey figure | movie (0.9 Mb) |