Matadors Galore

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1831A
Date Released
9 Jul 1964
Date submitted
4 Jul 1964
Date submitted
28 Jun 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Show
  2. 2Mid-Air Collision
  3. 3Stately Home for a Day
  4. 4Matadors Galore
  5. 5The City Goes Gay

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Matadors Galore. DESCRIPTION: Bull baiting is a seasonal event in Arles in the South of France. Everybody can take part, everybody that is, who’s got a good pair of legs to jump clear. It needs the dash and daring of a bull fighter and the skill to touch the bull’s horn. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS bull out of gate. MS pan bull chases man who jumps over barrier. MCU same. MS pan bull chases man across ring who jumps clear over barrier. CU woman. LS pan bull runs across ring and jumps over barrier. GV pan bull runs round arena and back into ring. MS pan bull chases man. MCU woman in crowd. MS man touches bull’s horn then jumps clear. MS man climbs into arena. MS man jumps over barrier (2 shots). MS pan same and bull round ring. MCU same. MS pan bull runs round arena.
Keywords
Customs and traditions; Animals
Locations
France; Chateaurenard
Footage sources
France
Card file number
88554
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
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