News in Colour: Battle of the Flowers

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2200A

Date Released

5 Aug 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Section Title

News in Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of the Flowers - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: To Jersey for the annual Floral Festival - Battle of Flowers - and this year it’s bigger and better than ever. More than 30,000 visitors flocked to St Helier for the lavish parade which is certainly one of the most elaborate in the British Isles. SHOTLIST: AS banner. SV float (castle type). CU crowd. FV marching girls. SCU junior marching girl. SV marching girls past camera. SV bikini girls on top of cars being driven past. SV team from the TV show On the Buses including Reg Varney. CU actress that plays his mum on show. SV team past. SV giant papier mache heads past camera. SV girls on huge float (Miss Battle of Flowers). SV harem float (A Touch of the East). SCU sultan and harem girls pan. SV old house and old man float. GV balloon on float, pan down. SV carousel float. CU girls on carousel. SV 21st float with cake. SV CU 21 today. BV winning entry God of Peace.

Keywords

Customs and traditions; Horticulture

Locations

Jersey

Card file number

97341

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

201

Story extras:

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