Coins in a Fountain

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1785
Date Released
19 Aug 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Full Ahead to Little Venice
  2. 2Builders on Strike
  3. 3Coins in a Fountain
  4. 4Adventure Land
  5. 5Champs of the Rough Water

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coins in a Fountain. DESCRIPTION: Among customs that never grow stale, tossing coins in the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Three coins in a fountain - to bring happiness to you, and the odd perks to any youngsters who’ll brave the law to recover them. Apart from the kids, we found a couple of other characters cooling off in the heatwave. Two penguins - footsore and weary after sightseeing. SHOTLIST: Various scenes of sightseers at the famous fountain of Trevi. People throwing money into fountain. Boys in fountain looking for money. Various shots of the fountain and statue over same. Penguins in fountain. Penguins swimming around. Keepers luring penguins into cage. Penguins in cage.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Customs and traditions; Animals
Locations
Italy; Rome
Footage sources
Italy
Card file number
87075
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
93
Story extras:
Film clip

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