Medieval Soccer

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2148
Date Released
3 Aug 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Medieval Soccer. DESCRIPTION: Round about the same period, the young men of Florence devised a game which bears a vague resemblance to Association Football. It’s Florentine, or medieval soccer, but there’s been nothing like it in the World Cup series. SHOTLIST: GV crowd around pitch in public square. Angle shot (medieval) building with flag. GV 4 shots cars in car park. TV men waving large banner in opening parade. SV ditto toss banners in the air. CU tracking shot of trumpeters. TV (medieval) procession marches around pitch. SV yeomen marching towards. Angle shot statue. CU pigeons land on ditto. SV zoom out kick off of (medieval) soccer. SV men scrummage about in mud. TV pan game in progress, everybody tackling everybody. SCM player receives sponge down from trainer. SV pan player carried on stretcher. LV zoom in game under way again. GV crowd. TV zoom out game underway, one side appears to come near to scoring. GV players rolling about in mud. TV ditto. SV player receives splash of water from trainer. GV (medieval) setting.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Customs and traditions
Locations
Italy; Florence
Footage sources
France
Card file number
96192
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
140
Story extras:
Film clip

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