A Carnival Prepares
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Carnival Prepares. DESCRIPTION: It is Carnival time in Italy and preparations are well ahead at Viareggio, the little resort that stages, perhaps, the best carnival of all. 500 artisans are kept busy for months, making the grotesque, but fascinating effigies. SHOTLIST: MS artisans tearing up old newspapers. CU artisans make papier mache. MS craftsman paints a face effigy. Another same. Pan along finished face effigies. SCU grotesque effigy. Another same. Effigy of crocodile being painted. Another angle same. Craftsman waves tongue of crocodile. Elevated shot effigy of a bull’s head. Same - donkey’s head. Another row of effigies. Another same. MS sections of float revolving. Another angle same.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Celebrations and festivals; Industry and manufacture
- Locations
- Italy; Viareggio
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 76029
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 62
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How to cite this record
'A Carnival Prepares', British Movietone News Issue No. 1545A, 15 Jan 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22808 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)