News in Colour: Battle of the Flowers
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Section Title
- News in Colour
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jersey Battle of the Flowers - News in Colour. DESCRIPTION: The annual Battle of Flowers in Jersey with Boxing Champion Henry Cooper - celebrity Guest Escort. SHOTLIST: GV Jersey main street. GV its entrance. SV zoom out to GV girls dancing in front of floats. SV pan float past camera girl sitting. SV pan float passing with models of whales on float. CU model of whale pan past the model of a shark on back of float. SV zoom out to GV float down street either side of street. SV crowds watching. SV pan float accompanied by men and woman around float with sign Jordan on float. SV pan flags on float. SVBC Pestalozzi float. SV front of float zoom out to GV. SV pan 2 bells on float. SV pan 2 boys dressed up as altar servers, they are bell ringers on float. SV pan Jersey Holiday Queen Valerie Lane waving. SV parade down main street with giant sized model. SV man taking photograph. SV giant sized model. SV man taking photograph. SV girls down street dancing in parade. SV girls down street balancing batons, dressed in uniforms. SV float towards camera. SCU 3 women and 1 man sitting on float (Henry Cooper) waving to crowd, also Miss Battle of Flowers, Shan-Coralie Ellison (with Lynda Mary Goddard & Valerie Joy le Blancq). GV massed crowds.
- Keywords
- Sport; Customs and traditions
- Locations
- Jersey
- Card file number
- 99276
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 194
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How to cite this record
'News in Colour: Battle of the Flowers', British Movietone News Issue No. 2305A, 9 Aug 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30007 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)