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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2590

Date Released

21 Jan 1979

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Cat Club Show
• 2. Human Chess
• 3. Whatever Happened to Skateboarding?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Human Chess. DESCRIPTION: In Marostica, Italy, a colourful tradition has passed down the centuries, a game of Chess on a grand scale where Humans are the pieces on the board. The town square is marked out as a Chess Board and a Herald calls the moves being made by the protagonists on a smaller board, the human pieces then move accordingly. SHOTLIST: MS man in medieval costume holding sword tilt up to medieval soldiers. MS soldiers. Various of people in costumes walking in. MS man reading proclamation. MS flag dancers run onto chessboard painted onto square. MS crowd. MS flag dancers performing. MS an unplayed chessboard. MS White side of ‘human chessboard’. MS Black side ditto. MS human Pawn moves forward. LS human Black Pawn moves. MS human White Bishop moves. MS human Black Knight moves. TS crowd. MS White Pawn forward. MS Black Queen moves. TS White Knight moves. MS Black King. TS Black Queen takes White Pawn. Pan Rooks being moved. MS White Queen. MS White King. MS Both Black & White Kings & Queens walk off board.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities

Locations

Italy; Marostica

Card file number

79/17A

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

171

Story extras:

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