Dragon Boat Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2145

Date Released

13 Jul 1970

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Outback Rally
2. 2By Coach from Basel to Berlin
3. 3Royal Show
4. 4Australian Rodeo
5. 5Dragon Boat Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dragon Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: Originally a rain-making ceremony, the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong is the colony’s most colourful annual event. The huge boats plough up river with the crews exhorted by drummers in the bows - and if they ship too much water, they’re sunk! SHOTLIST: CU head of dragon symbol on boat. SV spectators on boat. LV pan 2 shots start of dragon boat race. SCU girl spectators. SV pan dragon boat passes. LV pan two other boats pass. GV boats racing. LV ditto. SV spectators. SV pan boats pass. GV spectators on junks. LV pan boats race past - one sinks.

Keywords

Commemorations; Entertainment and leisure; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Hong Kong

Footage sources

Central Office of Information

Card file number

96029A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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