Carnival Time

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1448
Date Released
4 Mar 1957
Date Other
Feb 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Visit to Harwell
  2. 2The Sixth Round - Burnley V Aston Villa
  3. 3The Sixth Round - Bournemouth V Manchester United
  4. 4New Zealand Greets Sir Anthony
  5. 5Carnival Time
  6. 6Homage to BP - Scouts VC
  7. 7The Grand National is Coming

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Carnival Time. DESCRIPTION: The most famous European carnival parade took place at Viareggio, in Italy. Hundreds of artists worked for months at the preparation of the wonderful cars, which had to file off for the traditional carnival’s procession. The enormous animated monuments were built entirely with old newspapers. SHOTLIST: General view of the floats. SCU of the floats. Dragons. Whirls. Cyclists. Mouth. General view.
Keywords
Vehicles; Customs and traditions; Arts and crafts
Locations
Italy; Viareggio
Footage sources
Italy
Card file number
69898
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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