Colour: Spalding Tulip Festival

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2188A

Date Released

13 May 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cup Winners Return
2. 2Motor Cycle Grand Prix
3. 3Concorde
4. 4Sean Lemass
5. 5Dutch Paintings
6. 6Colour: Spalding Tulip Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Section Title

Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spalding Tulip Festival - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: The magnificent tulip fields of Spalding with colourful floats. Miss Tulip is present to open a new entertainment centre, as part of the ‘Jewels of Spring’ celebrations. SHOTLIST: SV tulips zoom back to GV mass of tulips in field. CU tulips. LV ditto and men picking them. SV ditto dog sitting among tulips. LAS man picking tulips. SV Mr Rhodes Managing Director of the Classic Cinemas hands scissors to Miss Tulip (Susan Martin) - she cuts tape to open new cinema, she receives a bouquet of tulips. GV decorative float in shape of snail. LV National Farmers Union float. CU horses’ heads - pan to decorative man at plough. LV swan float. CU swan’s head. SV girls riding decorative horses. LAS float No 19 Carnival Denice. CU pan ditto girls waving. LV Lowland Bulb Coy float. CU pan ditto. SV Miss Tulipland float. SV people watching. SV Miss Tulip waving.

Keywords

Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

Spalding; Links

Card file number

97071

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Ray Gallard

Length of story (in feet)

161

Story extras:

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