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World Dances, The Pt. 3 of 4

Reel Number: 220944-01

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1953

Country: France,Italy,Norway,Philippines,Scotland,Spain,Uk,United Kingdom,USA,Vatican City

Location: Bergen,Paris,Rome,Scotland,Vatican City,Venice

TC Begins: 11:01:10

TC Ends: 11:33:44

Duration: 00:32:34

The World Dances Pt. 3 of 4 Continued from 220943 Musical intermission intro over black screen. 11:03:40 Spanish street scene, bullfighting ring & match w/ large crowd; grape picking in vineyard, workers carry baskets of grapes on head & playing instruments. 11:04:38 Women in ‘peasant girl’ outfits, Spanish song & dance routine in outdoor set w/ international flags as before; castenets. Women play guitars as couple does flamenco dance. CU feet, man in flat cap & bolero jacket dances solos, then woman dances in flamenco dress. The Trianas and the Spanish Mountain Girls 11:11:20 George Fenneman, office set, SOF Lithuanian folk dances based on superstition. Swallow Dance by women in Lithuanian costume - man on accordion; woman singing in piercing voice. Men & women couples do polka. Lucille Zaikis Lithuanian Folk Dance Group w/ voice of Florence Korsak. 11:16:36 France montage: Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Paris; rural village, women & perfume production: petals harvested, scent extracted. 11:17:32 Dancers perform Festival of Flowers dance ‘La Sabotieur’ ? - women in lurid dresses w/ lace hats, men in berets & neckerchiefs. Woman plays concertina / accordion & sings as dancers perform another number. Mlle. Etienne’s French Folk Dance Group. 11:20:30 Philippines montage: women on riverboat past village on stilts; workers in rice paddy working to rhythm of guitar player. 11:21:22 Dancers perform Bamboo Dance - man and woman skipping over moving bamboo logs. Lucas Philippine Folk Dancers. 11:24:13 Fenneman in office w/ portrait of bagpipe player SOF re story of a King visiting Scotland & introduced to bagpipes, kilts & “fair lassies”. 11:24:48 Scottish montage: street scenes, Tam O’Shanter Inn, military in kilts & pipers past w/ drummer. 11:25:25 Female dancers perform in arena wearing tartan kilts. Highland Fling - bagpipe player behind. Jean MacDougall’s Scottish Folk Dance Group w/ William Jones Scottish Bagpipe Trio. 11:26:51 Norway montage: sunset over sea, Bergen harbor, statue of Grieg, carved village storage house, villagers gossiping outside folklore museum on festival day. Women knitting in sun. 11:27:43 Dancers perform in arena in couples, violinists playing. Marie Johnson’s Norwegian National Folk Dance Group. 11:29:32 Italy montage: pan across Vatican City to St. Peter’s Cathedral; Venice, gondola along canal, man crooning Italian love song to woman in garden. Dancers in arena perform Tarantella Siciliana; man dressed as gypsy playing guitar & whistling. Phyllis Bloom’s Village Folk Dance Group. Good vibrant colour. Tacky / Kitsch; Oddities; Stereotypes; Folk Dancing; Folk Music; US World View; Racist Stereotypes.

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