Peach Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2253
Date Released
7 Aug 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Peach Festival. DESCRIPTION: Further south, near Mount Vesuvius, one of the world’s largest peach growing areas, has just finished its harvest. A Peach Harvest Festival gets underway with plenty of vino, dancing and singing. SHOTLIST: LV pan peach pickers working. CU peaches on tree, pan to SV, man picking them. SV man up tree picking peaches. CU as he puts them in bucket. SV pickers tipping peaches into boxes. CU as they roll along conveyor belts to be washed and processed. SV pan peaches on conveyor belt. SCU pan as they travel to packers. SCU tracking shot packers at work. SV peaches being packed, girl walks towards camera with tray of peaches and stacks it on top of others. SCU pan along peaches in trays. SV zoom out, guitarist playing in front of trays of peaches. SV dancers in festival. Tracking shot through group of musicians. SV dancers. CU girl dancing with basket of peaches. SV dancers (girls with basket of peaches) twirling round. CU girl dancing with basket. CU another girl dancing. CU pan girls with baskets of peaches. SV two children dancing. SCU zoom in and pan up as girl picks peach out of basket and eats it. CU man eating a peach. GV dancers.
Keywords
Agriculture; Celebrations and festivals
Locations
Italy; Mount Vesuvius
Footage sources
France
Card file number
98354
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Peach Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 2253, 7 Aug 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29507 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)