Viking Battle

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2522
Date Released
2 Oct 1977
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Viking Battle. DESCRIPTION: Members of the Norse Film & Pageant Society re-enact an episode in the life of 9th century England depicting fighting with bows and arrows and armed combat. SHOTLIST: GV Vikings run and start fighting. MS ditto. LS crowd. MS men with huge catapult. MS people fitting bows and arrows. LS ditto and catapult fired. MS spectator. LS wood burning. MS Viking with spear. MS Viking fighting. CU girl watching. MS battle. MCU ditto. MS very large Viking fighting and ‘getting killed’.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Essex; Basildon
Card file number
77/172
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Richard Day
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Viking Battle', British Movietone News Issue No. 2522, 2 Oct 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31040 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)