Horse Racing - Fantastico

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1518A

Date Released

10 Jul 1958

Date submitted

7 Jul 1958

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Horse Racing - Fantastico. DESCRIPTION: The famous Italian horse-race, called Palio Di Siena began with a parade of banners from ten of the wards of the city of Siena. The prize is a banner (or Palio) and each of the ten wards is represented by one horse. The race was round and round the main square and somebody won. And at once, a minor riot broke out, between supporters of the victorious ward and the losers. SHOTLIST: MS horses approach camera. GV procession. LS flag carriers. Closer same. MS pan man throws flag and another catches it. MS riders come out of entrance. MS crowd. TS pan start of race. TS race in progress. Same. MS riders round bend. GV riders thrown. MS same. TS pan race. MS crowd go mad. Closer same. MS crowd. Siena Festival.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Riots

Locations

Italy

Footage sources

Italy

Card file number

74294

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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