News in Colour: The Battle of Flowers

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

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

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Colour Battle of the Flowers. DESCRIPTION: The annual procession for Jersey’s Battle of Flowers. Television personality Harry H Corbett is guest celebrity for this floral extravaganza which attracts bigger crowds than ever. Plenty of new ideas among the floats enhanced by beautiful blooms and beautiful girls. SHOTLIST: CU bunch of flowers. CU BEA hostess. LV hostess giving flowers to passengers. SCU ditto. SV other hostesses also giving out flowers. GV pan passengers walk across tarmac to 2 lines of majorettes. Tracking shot between lines of majorettes. LV float carrying Harry H Corbett and Miss Battle. SV pan Corbett waves to crowd. SV pan float depicting sultan’s harem. CU treasure chest pan to pirates of float. SV crowd. SCU young people on float. LV pan girls standing on roofs of mini cars holding large letters to spell Jersey at 94’, girls carrying letter ‘S’ falls off. GV crowd gather round fallen girl. CU children in crowd. TV procession of mini cars. Angle shot girls on BEA float combined with Ambre Solaire. Angle shot Japanese float passes. SV pan pieces of paper being through from float. SV pan windmill of flowers. TV girls throwing paper from float. TV treasure island float. SV pan Long John Silver on float. CU crowd. TV float with women with parasols etc. TV Battle of Britain float.
Keywords
Vehicles; Aviation; Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals; Accidents and disasters; Performing arts
Locations
St Helier; Jersey
Card file number
96216
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Stan Goozee
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News in Colour: The Battle of Flowers', British Movietone News Issue No. 2148A, 6 Aug 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28426 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)