Dragon Boat Race
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dragon Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: Originally a rain-making ceremony, the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong is the colony’s most colourful annual event. The huge boats plough up river with the crews exhorted by drummers in the bows - and if they ship too much water, they’re sunk! SHOTLIST: CU head of dragon symbol on boat. SV spectators on boat. LV pan 2 shots start of dragon boat race. SCU girl spectators. SV pan dragon boat passes. LV pan two other boats pass. GV boats racing. LV ditto. SV spectators. SV pan boats pass. GV spectators on junks. LV pan boats race past - one sinks.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Entertainment and leisure; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- Hong Kong
- Footage sources
- Central Office of Information
- Card file number
- 96029A
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 104
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How to cite this record
'Dragon Boat Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 2145, 13 Jul 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28399 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)