The Flying Angels
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flying Angels. DESCRIPTION: As part of a religious procession at Campobasso in Southern Italy, children are suspended from poles, as Flying Angels. The children are safely fitted into harnesses and dosed with ‘seasickness’ medicine. The ceremony, called ‘Sagra Dei Misteri’, dates back to the eighteenth century. SHOTLIST: GV interior of school - religious ceremony. MS child being suspended between angels. CU ditto. MS children being given medicine. MS suspended child. MS suspended child having wings put on. MS suspended children. LS procession through town - children suspended on float. MCU ditto. LS ditto band in front. MS devils suspended tilt up to angel. LS devils and angels. MCU devil. MS crowd. Various of angels. Various of angels on procession float. MS balloons. Various angels.
- Keywords
- Children; Customs and traditions
- Locations
- Italy; Campobasso
- Footage sources
- Italy
- Card file number
- 77/151
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 185
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How to cite this record
'The Flying Angels', British Movietone News Issue No. 2521, 25 Sep 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31035 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)