Christmas Pageant

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2115A

Date Released

18 Dec 1969

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Pageant. DESCRIPTION: Christmas in summertime is the enviable prospect for Australians. One of their biggest Christmas parades is in Adelaide. Back home, the Norwegian Ambassador switches on the lights adorning the Christmas Tree, presented as a goodwill gift by the people of Oslo to the citizens of London. SHOTLIST: GV girls walk towards camera in Australian Christmas pageant. CU crowd. MS float. CU boys waving in crowd. LAS float past. CU girl in crowd. LAS pan Christmas pudding float. 2 shots people in grotesque masks. CU crowd. MS float & Christmas tree. MS float with Father Christmas & reindeer. MS zoom out from Norwegian Ambassador to lights on Trafalgar Square Xmas tree. GV tree. MS girls link hands & walk round tree - pan up tree. 4 shots girls walk round tree. GV pan up Christmas Tree.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Foreign relations; Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies

Locations

London; Australia; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

95397

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

146

Story extras:

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