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Munich Beer Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2471
Date Released
10 Oct 1976
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Surfing Championships
  2. 2Blackpool Illuminations
  3. 3Munich Beer Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Munich Beer Festival. DESCRIPTION: For fifteen days Munich is alive with music, dancing and the clink of the beer steins, for this is the duration of the ‘Oktoberfest’. As well as the consumption of beer, for the Bavarians and the many foreign visitors, there is ‘all the fun of the fair’. SHOTLIST: GV top of Munich Town Hall. Tilt down to band lead by woman. MS part of band with conductor. Tilt down to his clothes. MS woman on horseback. MS another band towards camera. Zoom in boy at front of band carrying sign "Scraubing". MS man with umbrella. Two girls walking towards camera. MCU man smoking ornate pipe in procession. MS man in procession waving to crowd. MS girl on horse waving to crowd. MS crowd applauding. MS two men pulling pram containing four children. Zoom to children. MS procession through city. Woman in national costume. GV procession going through streets. MS two men swing two girls off ground. MS crowd waving. MS trumpeters in costume walking through town. MS people carrying May Pole affair. MS horse drawn beer cart in procession. MS cart past camera. MS model being thrown in air by men and blanket. MS Munich’s Lord Mayor, Georg Kronawitter in carriage. GV festival area. MS crowd watching. MS mayor tapping the first barrel to open festival. MCU basket full of mugs. MS crowd watching. MS mayor pouring out the first glass from the barrel. MS people watching. MS mayor with mug in his hand. Pan as toast is made, people drink. MS band playing. MCU mugs being filled. MCU beer being passed out. CU mugs being filled. MCU mugs being handed out. CU mug being filled. MCU mugs being passed out. MCU girl carrying tray of mugs. MS area where beer is being served. Pan tables. MCU cart horses. CU cart horses. CU man drinking beer. GV crowd. MCU balloons on sale. CU hats for sale. CU man, pan other man. MS people in different types of dress. MS woman with cuddly toy. MS mask on stall. MS one of the amusements, a form of roller coaster. MS another roller coaster. MS another amusement. MS model of an airship going round. MS amusement. MS people on swing chairs. MS back shot ditto. MS roller coaster going round. MS more amusements which spin round. GV festival area. Pan Big Wheel. MS Big Wheel. Cars going round. MS looking out as Big Wheel goes round. MLS looking at wheel going round. GV looking out of car at Big Wheel on festival area.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Food and cooking; Business and commerce; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Local government
Locations
Munich; West Germany
Footage sources
Munich
Card file number
76/174
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
332
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