Pop Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2152A
Date Released
3 Sep 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Pop Wedding
  2. 2Water Skiing
  3. 3Edinburgh Festival
  4. 4Pop Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pop Festival. DESCRIPTION: How many came? Was it the quarter of a million some estimates claimed? It certainly seemed so, looking down from Devastation Hill on the vast arena of Europe’s biggest-ever Pop Festival. There was violence - there were the tearaways who find it their only means of self-expression. But for the vast majority it was five days of peaceful enjoyment, in spite of all the frustrations such a vast crowd inevitably brings. Five days of lazing around listening to music. SHOTLIST: GV zoom back mass of tents. SV tents. CU tent Be Happy Now. CU couple asleep on ground. GV crowds entering Canvas City. CU group asleep on ground. CU BV Hell’s Angels. SV ditto, zoom back to LV & pan up to Nazi flag. Tracking shot past a snack bar. CU feet past. Tracking shot across rubbish on ground. CU pan down couple putting waste paper in litter basket. GV pan from peaceful countryside to GV mass of people at the festival. Angle shot pop group playing on stage. CU pan girl dancing in fancy costume. SV drummer on stage. CU girl dancing. BIG GV mass of people. GV people arriving. CU Tiny Tim. CU man with beard. SV pan girl in bra. Tracking shot past mobile shop. SV pan crowds on hill. SV couple. SV member of pop group playing uke. 3 angle shots man asleep sunbathing. Night sequence pop groups & crowds dancing finishing up on couple kissing. GV pan mass crowds assembled in front of stage day time. SV pan ditto. Angle shot pop group on stage. CU drummer. Tracking shot man in wheelchair. CU man looking through wire fence. CU two girls looking through fence. BC group on stage, & couple looking over metal fence partly broken down. SV pan mass crowds. SV pop group. SV couples seated. Three big GVs mass crowds at the festival.
Keywords
Organisations; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Pollution; Riots; Performing arts; Scenery and travel
Locations
Isle of Wight
Card file number
96298
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
245
Story extras:
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