LEISURE / ITALY - Viareggio carnival with elaborate floats and giant papier-mache characters (1931)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The traditional Carnival of Feasts in Viareggio, Italy, with various giant papier-mache characters Full Description: ITALY: Viagreggio: Giant painted carnival papier-mache character with moving mouth / Onlookers / procession of giant papier mache characters through streets, crowd of onlookers / giant characters each carrying a train carriage / elaborately decorated float along street / Decorated wheels turning / People suspended in swings from giant turning wheels / Onlookers throwing confetti / Crowd / People holding packages / Elaborately decorated float along street withdancers and mythological creatures / Unusual papier mache giant characters, a couple, man in top hat, walking along/ Large float with elephants and palm trees along through crowd Background: The traditional Carnival of Feasts in Viareggio, Italy