Moomba Festival

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2180A

Date Released

18 Mar 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rugby - Wales V Ireland
2. 2Pig Halter
3. 3The Queen Visits Brize Norton
4. 4Concrete Boats
5. 5Moomba Festival
6. 6Fur Fashions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Moomba Festival. DESCRIPTION: Melbourne’s annual Moomba Festival is a mid-summer event where giant floats are paraded through the streets. SHOTLIST: LV towards float in the form of a hen. SV pan Chinese style float. SV people watching from window. SV pan giant wheel rolling by. SV pan man riding a fish underneath which is a motor bike. TV clown throws flags into crowd of children. TV pan float depicting St. George & the Dragon, with smoke coming from dragon’s nostrils. SV pan and children in a small buggy car. LV float called Gold Coast. SV ditto. SCU children watching. SV pan float pulled by large shire horses. SV pan clown on skates being towed along.

Keywords

Commemorations; Vehicles; Curiosities; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies

Locations

Melbourne; Australia

Card file number

96904A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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