Summary

Florence festival revives 17th century football

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # SIL 72
Clip SR002663_01_01.mov
Date 01/01/1930
Title Florence festival revives 17th century football
Description Men dressed in medieval uniforms and holding pikes stand in Piazza della Signoria / bell tower in Palazzo Vecchio / VS arches of Loggia dei Lanzi with uniformed men marching on perimeter of plaza and crowd looking on / VS two teams of soldiers playing rugby in antique-style uniforms / white bull draped with cloth / Note: exact month/day not known
Country Italy
City Florence

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Palazzo della Signoria
Loggia dei Lanzi
uniforms
rugby
bulls
medieval
costumes
pikes
festivals
sports
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