Fiesta in Canada

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1624

Date Released

18 Jul 1960

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fiesta in Canada. DESCRIPTION: It’s a town called Flin Flon, exactly in the middle of Canada, where the Flin Flon Fiesta, a four-day Summer event took place. A highlight of the festival was the 80-mile canoe race, with 22 entries, this year, and the best time was 13 hours, 29 minutes. The Flour Packing Contest is also a popular affair. How much flour can you carry on your back over a 50-yard course, that’s the question here. The winner goes home with all he can carry. This year it was Chicago Bill Kowal who packed over 600 pounds. SHOTLIST: Aerial view Flin Flon. GV festivities in main street. Dancing. MAS MLS MS. MS two small girls dancing. CU musician. MS girl dancing. CU girl dancing (feet). MAS small boy dancing. MS small boy (legs). LAS boys dancing. GV start of canoe race LS. LS race in progress. GV. LS crew carrying boat. GV winners home. SLS flour packing contest. MS. MS contestant starts. MS contestant with load. MS crowd. MS man loaded with sacks. LS man staggering with sacks. MS.

Keywords

Sport; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Children; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

Canada

Card file number

80677

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

146

Story extras:

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