00:53:49 159 |
STREET SCENE IN SPANISH CITY. SIGN ON FACADE OF
ARENA: "PLAZA DE TOROS" |
00:53:52 162 |
MATADOR FIGHTING BULL IN BULL RING AS FOUR LEVELS
OF STANDS CROWDED WITH FANS CHEER IN BKGD |
00:54:00 170 |
CROWD CHEERS AS BULL ALMOST GORES BULL FIGHTER.
CHASES DOWN ANOTHER WHO SKILLFULLY DODGES HIM. |
00:54:21 191 |
CU GRAPES BEING CUT OFF VINE IN SPANISH VINEYARD.
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00:54:26 196 |
WORKERS COLLECTING GRAPES IN BASKETS AS THEY CUT
THEM FROM VINE. |
00:54:37 207 |
LONG LINE OF WORKERS CARRY HUGE BASKETS OF GRAPES
ON BACKS FOLLOWING OLD NATIVE PEASANT PLAYING ACCORDION THROUGH VINEYARD AT END OF WORK DAY. |
00:54:45 215 |
TWO FEMALE DANCERS IN COLORFUL PEASANT DRESSES
ARE JOINED BY OTHER FEMALE DANCERS AS THEY SING & DANCE TO PEASANT SONG "ASTUDIACA" WITH CLICKING CASTANETS HELD HIGH ABOVE THEIR HEADS. |
00:57:26 376 |
TWO SPANISH SENORITAS PLAY GUITARS AS COUPLE DO
"ALLAGRIA", FLAMENCO TYPE DANCE WITH HANDS CLAPPING & FEET TAP DANCING |
00:57:45 395 |
CU FEET AS MALE DOES SOLO TAP. VARIOUS OTHER DANCE
STEPS. |
00:58:53 463 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FEMALE DOING SOLO. CU FEET
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01:01:57 647 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF LITHUANIA DANCE BEING BASED ON
SUPERSTITION. |
01:02:13 663 |
LIYHUANIA "SWALLOW DANCE": FEMALE DANCERS IN NATIVE
COSTUME WITH SCARVES IN HAND DANCE TO LITHUANIAN SONG BEING SUNG BY FEMALE SINGER IN HIGH PITCHED OPERATIC VOICE. |
01:04:49 819 |
ACCORDION PLAYER PLAYS POLKA MUSIC AS COUPLES
DANCE CLASSIC POLKA IN NATIVE COSTUMES. |
01:07:20 970 |
MONTAGE PARIS, FRANCE. EIFFEL TOWER IN BKGD. FERRY
TRAFFIC ON SEINE RIVER IN FRGD. |
01:07:30 980 |
PARIS SIGHTSEEING: OLD CATHEDRAL (NOTRE DAME?), ARC
DE TRIOMPE, LOUVRE MUSEUM, STREET SCENE IN FRENCH VILLAGE. |
01:07:48 998 |
TWO WOMEN WORKERS BOXING BOTTLES OF PERFUME.
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01:07:53 1003 |
WORKERS DUMP BASKETS OF FLOWER BLOSSOMS ONTO BARREL
FOR USE IN MAKING PERFUME. |
01:08:00 1010 |
TECHNICIAN IN LAB BLENDS VARIOUS LIQUIDS TO MAKE
PERFUME. |
01:08:09 1019 |
WORKERS IN FIELD PICKING BUDS OFF FLOWERS.
|
01:08:14 1024 |
"LA SABOTIERE" FRENCH DANCE: STAGE FULL OF MOSTLY
FEMALE DANCERS IN NATIVE COSTUME DOING FRENCH POLKA-LIKE FOLK DANCE. |
01:10:04 1134 |
FEMALE SINGER IN NATIVE DRESS PLAYS SMALL CONCERTINA
AS SHE SINGS HAPPY ETHNIC FOLK SONG. FEMALE GROUP DANCE TO THE MUSIC. |
01:11:24 1214 |
VARIOUS SCENES PHILIPPINE EVERY DAY ALONG RIVER WITH
STILTED HOMES WITH THATCHED ROOFS. VARIOUS WHARF LIFE |
01:11:39 1229 |
TWO FILIPINO WOMEN SIT ON CANOE-LIKE BOAT POSING FOR
CAMERA AS THEY SLOWLY DRIFT BY. |
01:11:43 1233 |
CU FILIPINO MAN WITH STRAW HAT HANGING ON BACK PLAYS
GUITAR AS LINE OF MEN PLANT RICE STALKS TO BEAT OF MUSIC WITH EXTRAORDINARY PRECISION & COORDINATION. STOOPED OVER IN ANKLE-DEEP WATER OF RICE PADDY. |
01:11:45 1235 |
GUITAR PLAYER STRUMS AS STOOPED-OVER WORKERS
PLUNGE RICE STALK INTO WATER IN UNISON TO BEAT OF GUITAR. WORK MUSIC |
01:12:11 1261 |
COUPLE DO "BAMBOO DANCE" ON OUTDOOR STAGE: TWO NATIVE
WOMEN HOLD LONG BAMBOO POLES ON GROUND & CLAP THEM TOGETHER IN COORDINATED SEQUENCE AS DANCERS DANCE IN & OUT AVOIDING BEING HIT BY POLES. GUITAR, MANDOLIN PLAYERS IN BKGD. |
01:15:15 1445 |
HOST TELLS STORY OF SCOTLAND DANCE & BAGPIPES.
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01:15:50 1480 |
SCOTTISH VILLAGE WITH CASTLE IN BKGD. SIG ABOVE TAVERN:
"TAM O'SHANTER INN" |
01:16:00 1490 |
CHILD PLAYING IN GRASS IN PARK. PAN TO TWO SCOTTISH
SOLDIERS IN KILTS WALKING |
01:16:04 1494 |
THREE HIGHLANDERS IN KILTS TAMS MARCH DOWN PARK STREET.
TWO PLAYING BAGPIPES, FLANK ONE BEATING DRUM |
01:16:25 1515 |
FOUR FEMALE DANCERS IN HIGHLANDERS KILTS DANCE ON
OUTDOOR STAGE TO SOUNDS OF BAGPIPES. |
01:17:36 1586 |
BAGPIPER PLAYING.
|
01:17:54 1604 |
NORWAY, LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF
SUN OVER HORIZON REFLECTING ON THE SEA. |
01:18:07 1617 |
ABOVE VIEW OLD CITY BY SEA WITH PEOPLE IN STREETS
DURING FESTIVAL IN LAND OF VIKINGS. |
01:18:18 1628 |
CU "EDWARD GRIEG" NAME ON BASE OF STATUE OF COMPOSER
OF NORWEGIAN FOLK SONGS. |
01:18:23 1633 |
STATUE OF GRIEG.
|
01:18:28 1638 |
QUAINT OLD NORWEGIAN STORAGE HOUSE WHERE WINTER FOOD
SUPPLY WAS PRESERVED. |
01:18:35 1645 |
PEOPLE IN NATIVE COSTUME GATHER AROUND FOLKLORE MUSEUM.
PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME STANDING, KNITTING. |
01:18:52 1662 |
DANCE COUPLES IN NATIVE COSTUME DANCE NORWEGIAN FOLK
DANCE, "OLD RHEINLANDER". FEMALE VIOLINIST & ACCORDION PLAYER SUPPLY MUSIC. |
01:20:44 1774 |
PAN GOOD VIEW ST. PETERS SQUARE & BASILICA IN ITLAY
|
01:20:54 1784 |
PAN CANALS IN VENICE. GONDOLIER PADDLES GONDOLA DOWN
CANAL. |
01:21:12 1802 |
YOUNG WOMAN SITS ON EDGE OF FOUNTAINS SERENADED BY
ITALIAN SINGER SINGING "RETORNA A SIERENTO". |
01:23:01 1911 |
COUPLES DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL PEASANT COSTUME
DANCE "TARANTELLA SICILIANO". GUITAR PLAYER WHISTLES AS HE PLAYS. |
01:25:09 2039 |
HOST TELLS OF POLAND, WHICH HAS GIVEN THE WORLD
MORE DANCES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY INCLUDING POLONAISE, MINUET, POLKA AND MAZULA (MAZURKA). |
01:25:42 2072 |
POLISH DANCE COUPLES IN COLORFUL NATIVE COSTUME
DO FAMED FOLK DANCE, "MAZURKA" ON OUTDOOR STAGE. |
01:28:35 2245 |
VARIOUS ENGLISH STREET SCENES: DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES,
LANDMARKS SUCH AS BIG BEN, WATERLOO BRIDGE, TRAFALGER SQUARE, COLORFUL CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, QUEEN ELIZABETH MINGLING WITH HER SUBJECTS, PALACE GUARD ON HORSEBACK. |
01:29:10 2280 |
VILLAGE OF STAFFORD-ON-AVON, BIRTHPLACE OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. |
01:29:15 2285 |
STATUE OF SHAKESPEARE
|
01:29:18 2288 |
SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS IN MEDIEVAL COSTUME PERFORM ON
OUTDOOR LAWN. MALE SINGER IN FINE SILKS & FEATHERED HAT PLAYS GUITAR & SINGS "MY LADY GREENSLEEVE" IN PICTURESQUE GARDEN SURROUNDED BY WOMEN WEARING FINE GOWNS OF THE ERA |
01:31:05 2395 |
BRITISH DANCERS IN COSTUMES DANCE "GATHERING PEAS"
FOLK DANCE RESEMBLING SQUARE DANCE WITH CALLER, ON OUTDOOR STAGE. |
01:33:16 2526 |
HOST INTRODUCES AMERICAN FOLK SONGS & DANCE
|
01:33:35 2545 |
PAN NEW YORK HARBOR & PIERS WITH SKYSCRAPERS IN BKGD
AS SEEN FROM BOAT SAILING IN HARBOR. |
01:33:40 2550 |
TILT UP TO EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
|
01:33:45 2555 |
ABOVE VIEW CROSSROADS OF TIMES SQUARE. HEAVY TAXI
TRAFFIC IN HEART OF BUSINESS DISTRICT. ABOVE PAN PEDESTRIAN, AUTO TRAFFIC AT BUSY INTERSECTION. |
01:33:48 2558 |
TRAIN PASSING ON ELEVATED SUBWAY TRACKS BRIDGE BETWEEN
SKYSCRAPERS |
01:34:01 2571 |
HORSE TRAVELS DOWN NEW YORK STREET AS IT PULLS
CARRIAGE DOWN AVENUE ALONG CENTRAL PARK. POV DRIVER OF CARRIAGE. |
01:34:04 2574 |
ABOVE SHOT CARS DRIVING ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE TOWARDS CITY.
|
01:34:09 2579 |
AERIAL VIEW TRAFFIC AT INTERSECTION AS SEEN FROM
UPPER FLOOR OF BUILDING LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN. |
01:34:11 2581 |
TRAFFIC AT CROSSROADS OF TIMES SQUARE
|
01:34:13 2583 |
NEW YORK'S LIT UP THEATER DISTRICT AT NIGHT.
VARIOUS VIEWS NEON SIGNS & FLASHING LIGHTS. |
01:34:28 2598 |
LIGHT DISPLAY ON MARQUEE OF SHADOW OF COUPLE DANCING
LATIN DANCE. |
01:34:33 2603 |
MONTAGE GROUND VIEW LOOKING UP FACADE SKYSCRAPERS,
CATHEDRAL. |
01:34:40 2610 |
ABOVE VIEW SKYSCRAPERS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS SURROUNDING
CENTRAL PARK |
01:34:42 2612 |
HORSE PULLING CARRIAGE TROTS TOWARDS PEOPLE SEATED
ON PARK BENCHES IN CENTRAL PARK AS IT MAKES TURN. |
01:34:50 2620 |
PEOPLE CANOEING ON CENTRAL PARK LAKE, PLAZA HOTEL
IN BKGD. |
01:34:54 2624 |
SHOESHINE POLISHES SHOES AS SEEN FROM CUSTOMER WHO IS
PLAYING GUITAR IN HIGH CHAIR AS BOY WORKS. |
01:35:04 2634 |
MERLE TRAVIS PLAYS GUITAR. SINGS WESTERN SONG:
"RAMBLING MAN" AS SHOE SHINE BOY WORKS |
01:35:15 2645 |
MERLE TRAVIS
RAMBLING MAN
|
01:36:34 2724 |
VARIOUS VIEWS STREAMLINE TRAIN SPEEDS TOWARDS CAMERA
|
01:36:44 2734 |
POV CAMERA ON GROUND ALONGSIDE TRACK.
|
01:36:49 2739 |
NIAGRA FALLS, TRAVELING TRAIN
|
01:36:54 2744 |
TRACTOR IN FIELD OF WHEAT
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01:36:59 2749 |
ABOVE VIEW WESTERN MOUNTAIN RANGE, COWS IN PASTURE,
HUGE BARN |
01:37:06 2756 |
COW GIRL SITS ON CORRAL FENCE AS COWBOY ASKS HER
TO SQUARE DANCE. GIRL CLIMBS DOWN FROM FENCE & SINGS WESTERN YODELLING SONG. COUNTRY MUSIC. |
01:37:28 2778 |
CAROLINA COTTON - YO YO YODEL (I LOVE THE GUY WITH
THE YODEL) |
01:37:46 2796 |
CAROLINA COTTON & MERLE TRAVIS
I LOVE THE GUY WITH THE YODEL
|
01:39:10 2880 |
LARGE GROUP OF COUPLES DOING SQUARE DANCE OUTDOORS.
|
01:39:15 2885 |
CU CALLER IN COWBOY OUTFIT CALLING OUT MOVES
|
01:39:25 2895 |
VARIOUS SCENES GROUP DOING DEFINITIVE VERSION OF
SQUARE DANCE, CALLER & BAND IN BKGD. |
01:39:58 2928 |
MONTAGE DANCERS DOING VARIETY OF MOVES AS DIRECTED
BY CALLER. |
01:42:28 3078 |
CHOIR SINGING "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" AS SHOTS OF
DANCERS DOING ALL WORLD DANCES IS SUPER-IMPOSED ON SCREEN. |
01:43:57 3167 |
ROWS OF TRUMPETEERS, KETTLE DRUMMERS PLAYING IN FRGD
AS CHOIR SINGS. |
Description: TRADITIONAL ETHNIC FOLK DANCES & SONGS FROM SPAIN, LITHUANIA, FRANCE, PHILIPPINES, SCOTLAND, NORWAY, ITALY, POLAND, ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Keywords: folk dancing
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