News in Colour: Battle of the Flowers
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
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:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 201
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