Just a Joust in Jest

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1843

Date Released

28 Sep 1964

Date Other

Sep 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Loch Ness - Monsters with an Appetite
2. 2The Good Eartha
3. 3Defence - The Choice is Yours
4. 4Just a Joust in Jest
5. 5Sky’s the Limit for Kelly

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Just a Joust in Jest. DESCRIPTION: The Tournament of the Saracen which has its origins in the Christian Crusades and the Muslim invasion of Italy, goes back 800 years. It takes place at Arezzo, near Florence. Now, over to France where the lances are levelled for rather a different sort of joust, the good knights are in barges, and as well as tasting defeat, they can swallow mouthfuls of the River Rhone. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS group of men waving flags. MCU crowd. MS knights on horseback. CU wooden effigy of King of the Saracens. LS knight charging effigy. CU effigy revolves (a hit). MCU crowd clapping. MS effigy’s back with knight charging to camera (2 shots). MS boats on Rhone. MCU boat with 1 crew member in water. MCU knight on stern pushed into water. MS same.

Keywords

Customs and traditions

Locations

France; Italy; Arezzo; River Rhone

Footage sources

France

Card file number

88823

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

134

Story extras:

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