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:

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