All Colour Reel: Battle of Flowers

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2357A
Date Released
8 Aug 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
All Colour Reel
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Flowers Colour. DESCRIPTION: The annual Battle of Flowers held in Jersey - Guest of Honour - Hughie Green. SHOTLIST: GV sign on building Battle of Flowers. MS floats & crowd. MCU float with Jersey written on front in flowers goes past. MS another float with giant man on it. MS float with other figures on it. CU head of large figure. MS float with mice on. MS windmill on same flat. MS Hughie Green and Miss Susan de Gruchy, Miss Battle of Flowers on float. MS crowd. MS woman in show float. MS children waving from shoe. MS B/V of shoe float. GV boys guard band. MS Les Majorettes de Caen. MS crowd. MS Hughie Green’s float again with Miss Battle of Flowers. MS Spanish float winner. GV B/V Spanish float.
Keywords
Music and dance; Vehicles; Agriculture; Horticulture; Celebrations and festivals; Performing arts; Youth
Locations
Jersey
Card file number
74/95
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
183
Story extras:
Film clip

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'All Colour Reel: Battle of Flowers', British Movietone News Issue No. 2357A, 8 Aug 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30436 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)