Moomba Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2286A
Date Released
29 Mar 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Moomba Festival. DESCRIPTION: The Moomba Festival in Melbourne, Australia. Moomba means ‘lets get together and have fun’. A big parade of floats, Red Indians and Disney Characters. SHOTLIST: BGV Moomba parade in Melbourne. SV large float with horses. CU pan man on float with flowing robes. SV group of kids waving. SV man on stilts. STV parade of Red Indians. SV kids waving. SV pan 1973 Queen of the Pacific waving to crowds. CU Mickey Mouse character. CU Donald Duck character. CU pan down clown waving to crowds. CU another clown laughing. GTV about 30 boys and girls pedalling a large type tandem. LV member of Young Chinese League parading with large Chinese dragon and fire cracker going off. CU Chinese dragon.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Melbourne; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
98969
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
111
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Moomba Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 2286A, 29 Mar 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29832 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)