Meet You at the Saracen’s Head

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1945

Date Released

12 Sep 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Everybody’s Doing It!
2. 2Pedal Your Own Canoe
3. 3Murphy Marathon
4. 4Meet You at the Saracen’s Head
5. 5Gateway to Principality

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meet You at the Saracen’s Head. DESCRIPTION: In Arezzo in Italy, horsemen engage an ancient adversary in a tournament that goes back eight centuries. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. MS flag waves run into tournament square in Arezzo. GV houses at edge of square. LS flag wavers in square. MS wooden effigy of King of Saracens. CU ditto. MLS man put effigy into position. Pan jouster in tournament. MS another jouster in tournament. GV jouster approaches effigy. MS as jouster hits effigy. MS GV jouster in tournament.

Keywords

Customs and traditions

Locations

Italy; Arezzo

Footage sources

France

Card file number

91545

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

105

Story extras:

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