Viareggio Carnival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2334A
Date Released
28 Feb 1974
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Pop Festival
  2. 2Viareggio Carnival
  3. 3News in Colour: Tropical Plant Rescue
  4. 4News in Colour: Hong Kong Police

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Viareggio Carnival. DESCRIPTION: The Annual Carnival at Viareggio, depicting in caricature, current events and personalities. SHOTLIST: GV large float in parade, mass of people surrounding it. SV float showing angry lions pan to top of float. SV top of float pan to angry lions. FCU angry lions. GV another float large octopus. SV pan girls on float past. GV another large float. GV head on body of chicken. SV sign Mafia, pan up to chicken wearing bowler hat. SV large figures of people past. SV Arab oil sheikh past (large figure). GV large balloons. SV balloons rotating with head of sheikh. SV pan float past with Arab sheikh on oil well. GV large float. SV ditto pan to kite. GV another float girl sitting on elephant’s head. SV float pan up to girl on elephant. GV float showing prehistoric monster. SV monkey on small prehistoric animals with sign ‘TAX ROUND NECK’. GV float of prehistoric monster.
Keywords
Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Celebrations and festivals
Locations
Italy
Footage sources
France
Card file number
99723
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:

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