Viareggio Carnival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2227
Date Released
7 Feb 1972
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Protest March
  2. 2Embassy Burnt
  3. 3Men’s Fashions
  4. 4Viareggio Carnival
  5. 5Stuntmen
  6. *Marineland Tragedy
  7. *Car Shredder

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Viareggio Carnival. DESCRIPTION: Two storey high floats made of papier mache go through this seaside resort in Northern Italy. Floats depict social and political satire. SHOTLIST: GV carnival. MS pan down scarecrow float. CU scarecrow. GV procession. MS figure of Aristotle Onassis. GV carnival - clown float. MS clown. MS float going past. LS anchor float (rats). MS rats on float. LS Greek float (man with whip and Hell’s Angels). MS man with whip, pan down to Hell’s Angels pulling chariot. CU figure with whip. CU Hell’s Angels. MS float going past, Hell’s Angels with girls on back of bike. MLS polar bear float. MS figures of Nixon and Chairman Mao playing ping pong at bottom of Polar Bear float. MCU figure of Richard Nixon. CU figure of Mao. CU Polar Bear.
Keywords
Customs and traditions
Locations
Italy; Viareggio
Footage sources
France
Card file number
97867
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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