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Christmas Pageant

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2115A
Date Released
18 Dec 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New Look Whitehall
  2. 2Empty Prison
  3. 3Christmas Pageant
  4. 4Expo Giant
  5. 5Beautiful Boys
  6. 6Feline Fancy

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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