Villagers Express Piety with Pistols

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

82

Date Released

29 Dec 1930

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Villagers Express Piety with Pistols
2. 2Swedish Prince is Keen Fencer
3. 3Legion of Runners Leg It for Dear Life
4. 4South Africa’s New Governor General
5. 5French President Gives Palace Party
6. 6Christmas Heroes Brave Serpentine
7. 7Movietone Goes Mountain Skiing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Villagers Express Piety With Pistols in Bavaria. DESCRIPTION: Bavarian firing party assembles after Church to mark solemnity of Christmastide. SHOTLIST: Shot of Bavarians standing on the mountainside looking over snow covered houses playing instruments. "Silent Night". They go into church. Two or three men clean the pistols. Bavarians stand in line and fire pistols.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weather; Weapons; Religion and belief

Locations

Bavaria; West Germany

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

989

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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