Garoka Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2140
Date Released
8 Jun 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Garoka Festival. DESCRIPTION: Thousands of natives from New Guinea and Papua take part in the gigantic Garoka Show - held once every two years. Tribal warriors in full ceremonial dress and mud-pack face masks feature in one of the greatest shows on earth. SHOTLIST: SV 3 tribesmen covered in mud & wearing mud masks walk towards & stop in front of camera. CU tribesman in mask. TV 2 shots tribal dancing. GV ditto. SV tribesmen dancing. SV tribesmen dance with branches on head. TV ditto form a circle. SV (2) along line of dancers. Angle shot (2) dancers in masks. CU tribesman in mask. CU (2) tribesmen dancing. TV tribal dancing.
Keywords
Commemorations; Music and dance; Ceremonies
Locations
New Guinea
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
96017
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Garoka Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 2140, 8 Jun 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28341 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)