Happy New Year - 1935 | The Archivist Presents | #229

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! I am going to a BALL this evening, let's hope it is as much fun as it looks as though this one was!

The annual Chelsea Arts Ball.

Shots of the dancing and the tableau. The new year is brought in by a large stork. Crowd sing "Auld Lang Syne". Balloon dropped from ceiling. Dancing.

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[XX-gyue]

this is what a party should look like, BRAVO ! 🎊
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 ⭐

[RemusKingOfRome]

Wonder how many of these happy people survived 10 year later ... if only they knew what was coming

[kentishmale]

From 1908 to 1958 the club held a series of public fancy dress balls at the Albert Hall, latterly on New Year's Eve, which raised funds for artists' charities. In 1958, balls were banned from the Albert Hall owing their notoriety for rowdiness, nudity and public homosexuality. Subsequently, private functions were held at the club instead, with similarly lavish decorations and themes.

[ABCDEFGH-oreb]

Not a single person born in the 1800s has been alive since 2017.

Yet there were people born in the 1800s at the time that were 35 (a trace of 34-year olds as well, until the welcomed year began).

[michaelbonner]

1:13 it would’ve been cool, if they did this at a hotel new year party in 2024.

[michaelbonner]

1:47 that baby might be the first baby to be born of the year. That baby might be 89 by now.

[daniellebrainerd]

Greetings from 2025, happy new year❤🎉😊

[Luguezinho]

Would they allow this at the Albert Hall today?

[trevorrandom]

This looks like a health & safety nightmare!

[awkwardsean]

They didn't actually fly the real baby across the Albert Hall, did they?