The scene starts off in the twenty forth minute of the film and lasts for six minutes. George Bailey played by James Stewart, and Mary Hatch (later Bailey) played by Donna Reed have just come out of a high school dance in Bedford Falls and George is wearing an American Football shirt and trousers while Mary is wearing a dressing gown. This is because their clothes got very wet after they both fell into a swimming pool while dancing in the sports hall at the high school. They are both singing the American folk song Buffalo Gals after it was being played at the dance. This song is played throughout the film being the movies score composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. They both stop at an abounded house called The Old Granville House, which is down the street where both of their houses are. Mary says