Just a Joust in Jest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1843
Date Released
28 Sep 1964
Date Other
Sep 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Just a Joust in Jest. DESCRIPTION: The Tournament of the Saracen which has its origins in the Christian Crusades and the Muslim invasion of Italy, goes back 800 years. It takes place at Arezzo, near Florence. Now, over to France where the lances are levelled for rather a different sort of joust, the good knights are in barges, and as well as tasting defeat, they can swallow mouthfuls of the River Rhone. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS group of men waving flags. MCU crowd. MS knights on horseback. CU wooden effigy of King of the Saracens. LS knight charging effigy. CU effigy revolves (a hit). MCU crowd clapping. MS effigy’s back with knight charging to camera (2 shots). MS boats on Rhone. MCU boat with 1 crew member in water. MCU knight on stern pushed into water. MS same.
Keywords
Customs and traditions
Locations
France; Italy; Arezzo; River Rhone
Footage sources
France
Card file number
88823
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Just a Joust in Jest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1843, 28 Sep 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25693 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)