News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2073

Date Released

24 Feb 1969

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Go by Gnat
• 2. World of the Aquanaut
• 3. Down and Around
• 4. Folk Festival
• 5. Soccer-It-To-'Em!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Folk Festival. DESCRIPTION: Coco-nut dancers from Bakup - Sword dancers from Turkey. The recent Folk Dance Festival at the Albert Hall is certainly far from Folksy! SHOTLIST: MS pan from statue outside Albert Ball to clog dancer Norman Robinson dancing. Four shots Norman dancing. MLS Britannia coco-nut dancer of Bakup. MS brass band. 2 shots of coco-nut dancers showing black faces at wooden discs on knees. MS Turkish war dance. 4 shots Turkish dance showing war like manoeuvres. LAS dancers swords form circle about camera. MS dancer runs into formation to make circle. LAS dancers swords form circle above camera. LAS ditto.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Performing arts

Locations

London; Royal Albert Hall; United Kingdom

Card file number

94443

Credits:

Camera

John Mould

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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