Waratah Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2263A
Date Released
19 Oct 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Waratah Festival. DESCRIPTION: Carnival Day in Sydney - a parade which is the culmination of a Festival of Culture and Entertainment - the theme of ‘Friendship’. SHOTLIST: GV parade. CU young girl in crowd. SLV pan flowered float with Waratah Princess, 19 year old Roberta Newman. AS pan ditto as float goes past with Roberta waving. BV Waratah Princess’s float City of Sydney written in flowers on bottom. SV towards and pan another float, NSW Railways. SV crowd waving and applauding. CU character with large model head walks past. SV pan to BV Tales of Beatrix Potter float. LAS mass of balloons floating up. GV crowd in street with balloons.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Australia; Waratah
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
98555
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
69
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Waratah Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 2263A, 19 Oct 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29607 (Accessed 04 May 2025)