Nola Towers

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2149
Date Released
10 Aug 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nola Towers. DESCRIPTION: The seven towers in Nola’s famous festival are forty feet high and need sixty men to carry them. The celebration’s held in honour of the city’s patron saint, St Paulinus. SHOTLIST: 3 shots motorway with cars travelling to Towers Festival. LV angle shot pan down one of the towers. SV men jump up and down with towers on their backs. CU men’s legs dancing. TV men carrying replica of a ship. SV ditto. CU ditto. SV ship with people in it. TV men carrying ditto. SV men carrying tower. LV tower. GV onlooker clapping time to music. LAS pan down tower to men carrying. LV orchestra sitting at base of tower. SV men lifting tower. GV massed crowd and tower. CU men carrying. CU man shouts orders on microphone. SCU men put down tower. LV ship being carried through crowd. CU men carrying ship. TV ship through crowd. SV men put down ship. GV towers and masses crowd.
Keywords
Commemorations; Music and dance; Customs and traditions; Ceremonies; Religion and belief
Locations
Italy; Nola
Footage sources
France
Card file number
96230
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Nola Towers', British Movietone News Issue No. 2149, 10 Aug 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28430 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)