Buddha’s Birthday

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1507

Date Released

21 Apr 1958

Date submitted

17 Apr 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cyprus Cinema Blown Up
2. 2Chancellor Adenauer’s Visit
3. 3Buddha’s Birthday
4. 4To Beat Traffic Jams
5. 5Award to Zeta Team
6. 6The Brussels Fair

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hanamatsuri - Buddha’s Birthday. DESCRIPTION: This says HANAMATSURI. Buddha’s Birthday, in English. And it’s cherry blossom time; for the celebration, in Japan. Buddha, who lived over two thousand four hundred years ago is the founder of one of the world’s great religions; which has millions of followers. SHOTLIST: LS altar under cherry blossoms. MS Children in ornate dresses. CU priest. CU statue. MS foreign woman throws tea on statue. LS parade in street. CU same. MS same. CU feet pan up to girl. CU children and people carrying statue. GV procession walking up to temple.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals; Religion and belief

Locations

Japan

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

73447

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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