Dubrovnik

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

259

Date Released

14 Dec 1959

Date recorded

13 Nov 1959

Length of issue (in feet)

760

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Horsemen’s Service
2. 2Dubrovnik
3. 3Helicopter Tour

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

NoS Summary - Tourists from the cruise liner, the SS Arcadia, visit the port city of Dubrovnik.
SHOTLIST: CU of the young man and young lady waving goodbye to the ship as they set out for Dubrovnik in a small launch. We pan off of these to show the Arcadia as we move quickly past it. (The name Arcadia appears). MS of the launch taken from another as it skims away from ship which can be seen in background. CU of flag on launch. We pan slowly down and right to show group of sightseers in launch. In background can be seen the coast of Yugoslavia. CU of the father taking photograph. MS of a car as it enters over a draw-bridge and under an arch. MS on the other side of arch as the car comes through we pan right with it, it stops. MS from high angle as the occupants of car climb out. The camera pans right with them as they walk away, the bay appears in which are a number of small boats. MS of the bay showing the boats, we pan slowly up and left to show the boats, we pan slowly up and left to show the town along the edge of the bay. MS as the party walk through an archway. MS of a statue in a square. Standing around are sightseers, on the ground are some pigeons. CU of statue. MS of a building, we pan down to show our party walking into picture. The boy and the girl leave the father and son and walk off together. MS from behind father and son as they look up at building. The father is pointing out various features to boy. MS of the top half of building. Camera is panning slowly left to show the architecture. MS of a street taken from a moving car. MS of the bay. MS showing boy and girls sitting on the edge of the quay. The town in background. GV of the bay, the camera pans very slowly left and we see some cliffs, the boy and his father come into picture and sit down. LS of the Arcadia at sea.

Keywords

Scenery and travel

Locations

Yugoslavia; Dubrovnik

Written sources

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Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

221

Story extras:

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