The Sinking City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2367A
Date Released
17 Oct 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Sinking City. DESCRIPTION: The Romantic City of Venice is slowly sinking into the mud of the river delta where it was built. SHOTLIST: GV tourist in St. Mark’s Square. SV church of St. Mark’s. SV tourist in St. Mark’s Square. SV pigeons flying around pan down man feeding pigeons, pigeons flying around with grain. SV man rowing gondola (from gondola). LV men in gondola. SV gondola about to go under bridge over a canal. LV pan market place on side of canal. SV market place with people. SV washing hanging out from rotting building. SV pan water level on building has risen. SV polluted water pouring from a building into canal. SV pollution in water. SV gondolas tied up to side of canal. CU water splashing over steps. SV pan zoom into wooden barriers protecting building from water. GV dried out canal. GV pan men working in dried out canal. GV restoration inside historic building. SV rotting pillars of building. SV historical building. LV zoom into statue on church of St. Mark’s needing restoration. SCU frescoes. SV man restoring frescoes. SV man restoring outside St. Mark’s. TOP shots canals from St. Mark’s, ditto boat passing by. SV horse statues in St. Mark’s Square pan down to tourists. SV gondolas tied up to posts. SCU bride & groom in gondola. SV figurehead striking bell with hammer on Church of St. Mark’s. GV pigeons flying everywhere. GV tourists in St. Mark’s Square.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Environment; Arts and crafts; Birds; Animals; Engineering; History and archaeology
Locations
Venice
Card file number
74/22
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
174
Story extras:
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How to cite this record

'The Sinking City', British Movietone News Issue No. 2367A, 17 Oct 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30515 (Accessed 10 May 2025)