Carnival

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2399

Date Released

25 May 1975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Malta Carnival. DESCRIPTION: The streets of Valletta become a mass of colour and buzz with noise at Carnival time. The floats in the Carnival parade are a mixture of the grand and the grotesque - and the Maltese, as always, enjoyed their Carnival to the full. SHOTLIST: SV model of a queen on a float. GV floats being prepared. SV float. CU model of man on float. SV model chicks. FV pan round man in a gondola float. AS model of the devil. CU head of a dragon. CU pan heads on floats. CU head. GV start of procession (Kingsgate). SV men inside model caricatures. CU head of ditto. FV zoom back model of Mexican on float. SV band passing. CU King Carnival float zoom out. SV band. SV people dressed as cats passing by. SV child watching. GV childrens’ dances (schools & colleges). CU dancer with face mask on back of head. SV 2 dancers. GV dancers. CU knight. Boy scout (from Hanrun) pushing out catapult in Il-Parata, traditional dance depicting the siege of Malta by Saracens. SV Saracens pushing up cannon. GV dance in progress (Maltese & Saracens fight) CU Saracens firing catapult. SV knight being hit by ball. TV Maltese defeat the Saracens. SV Maltese dancing. SV the knight. LV Moroccan dancers. BV dancers (men). BV women dancers. SV dancers. SV Moroccan band. GV the dance. GV zoom in floats going through Valletta streets. SV characatures of Snow White. GV float with giant flies on it. FV float going through street. SV girl riding duck on float. SV people watching from windows. CU chicken float zoom out. CU chick. GV floats in street. SV revolving head on float. SV pan float in street. SV crowd. SV pan float with card stuck on it & King & Queen. FV ‘Prohibition Era’ float with a still on it. SV pan people on float. BV people in procession dressed as waiters. FV float with models of Kings & Queens. CU float of Malta. SV float passing setting sun. GV floats going over bridge in harbour. Malta Stock Shots General scenes of Malta Dry Docks. Work in progress extending the facilities. Elevated GVs. Shots of ships of different nationalities undergoing repairs and refits. Tug boat built by Malta Dry Docks for the Republic of China. Indian bulk carrier to site of what will be in about 2 years time a huge dry dock capable of taking 180-200,000 ton ships. Shots in dry docks of Mahile Dry Dock for Libya. Ships in docks. GV across docks to new extension site.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Customs and traditions; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies

Locations

Malta

Card file number

75/187

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

372

Story extras:

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