Venice Carnival of Boats

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1058A

Date Released

15 Sep 1949

Date submitted

8 Sep 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hop Festival
2. 2HMS London Home
3. 3Tirpitz Break-Up
4. 4Venice Carnival of Boats
5. 5Cannes Film Festival
6. 6Australia’s Severest Floods
7. 7Massed Tanks Show Firepower
8. *Braemar Gathering

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Venice Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: In Venice is held the historic Gondola Race, it isn’t so much a race as a procession down the Grand Canal. Huge crowds of Venitians and holiday makers watch the fun. SHOTLIST: KS. GV boats on canal. Procession of various types of gondolas along canal. One type of gondola called "Bissone" driven by rowing crews and another called "Gondolini" (gondolas with two rowers).

Keywords

Ships and boats; Social events

Locations

Venice; Grand Canal

Footage sources

France

Card file number

52508

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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