R in the Month

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1580
Date Released
14 Sep 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: R in the Month. DESCRIPTION: Neptunia, Queen of the Sea, arrived in State to open the Galway Oyster Festival. The Mayor, Alderman Greene, received her. There’s an R in September, so enter a Sea Nymph bearing a basketful of that succulent sea food - the oyster. John Huston, film director, was present. And there was dancing on top of 3,000 oysters. SHOTLIST: MS Galway (key). MS crowds. MS band. MS Neptunia - Queen of the Sea in carriage. Crowd. SCU Queen steps down and is greeted by Mayor. CU bagpipe player. CU Queen. MS same received basket. CU contents of basket. CU Mayor eating oyster. MS John Huston eats oyster. Closer drinking from bottle. MS girl dancing. Closer same. MS dancing. Closer same. MS dancing. MS man dancing with girl. MS girl dancing. MS Mayor dancing with Queen. SGV dancing.
Keywords
Music and dance; Food and cooking; Agriculture; Celebrations and festivals; Forestry; Fisheries; Cinema; Local government; Animal husbandry
Locations
Republic of Ireland; Galway
Card file number
78092
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
Vincent Corcoran
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'R in the Month', British Movietone News Issue No. 1580, 14 Sep 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23220 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)