Drinka Cuppa Kava

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1701
Date Released
8 Jan 1962
Date submitted
3 Jan 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Drinka Cuppa Kava. DESCRIPTION: Fijian recruits to the Royal Engineers and the Royal Army Service Corps gave a show in a camp near Farnborough. It is called the Kava ceremony, an old Fijian custom. Kava is a pretty potent drink, but these fellers can drinka cuppa any day without seeing double! SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV dark people. Various shots men dancing. MS men’s feet. MCU man. MS crowd. MCU man. MCU man dancing. MCU man passes drink and another drinks it. GV men. MS men dancing. MS man singing. MS men clapping. MS men pan to snow. GV men signing on the snow. MCU man’s feet in snow. MCU man’s feet in snow. MS man’s feet. MS pan men throwing snow. These are Fijian Volunteers.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Military
Locations
Surrey; Farnborough
Card file number
83670
Credits:
Camera
Ken Taylor
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Drinka Cuppa Kava', British Movietone News Issue No. 1701, 8 Jan 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24445 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)