The Pageant of the Golden Tree

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2420

Date Released

15 Oct 1975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Golden Tree. DESCRIPTION: A very colourful procession parades through the streets of the ancient town of Bruges, it is the ‘Pageant of the Golden Tree’. The pageant is based on a mixture of fact and fiction but its main theme is the marriage of Margaret of York to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy in 1468. SHOTLIST: CU pan up famous belfry. GV Bruges from belfry. BV man looking out of belfry. GV Bruges. SV sightseers on boat on canal. SV famous buildings of Bruges. SV band leading procession. CU man playing trombone. SV the band. SV boy on shoulders of man watching. FV one of the giant legendary figures. SCU another giant figure. CU another. SV crowd. SV man and woman on horseback, woman with crown on. SV soldiers in round helmets and long spikes. SV Viking type soldiers walking in procession. SV warriors rowing in old type ship. SV knights on horseback with banners. LV pan down to Norman type warriors marching. CU model of a dragon snapping his jaws. SV medieval band playing. GV women in medieval dress. CU man playing instrument. SV young children in medieval dress holding banners. SV people watching. SV women in medieval dress doing a dance. SV crowd. SV boys in tights and tunic doing dance with banners. SV dogs being lead by man (hunting dogs). SV men on horse back with banners. SV band (just drums) medieval. CU drum player. SV women in olden dress carrying rose in hand. SV women on horseback with Rose Margaret of York. FV pan man on horseback Charles the Bold. FV medieval band playing. Also Stock Shots of Bruges - Various scenes of ancient city of Bruges from top of famous belfry. Shots of belfry from ground as clock strikes 11. Various other scenes of Bruges streets, canals etc. Start of procession on its 2 hour route through the city. Various tableaux & floats depicting events between 8th & 15th centuries.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Customs and traditions; Ceremonies; Animals; Military

Locations

Belgium; Bruges

Card file number

75/303

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

350

Story extras:

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