ITALY: QUIRKY - Italians re-enact medieval battle that involves pelting oranges at each other (1934)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit In the northern Italian town of Ivrea locals celebrate the carnival season by pelting each other with oranges. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: ’WAR’ GETS FRUITY 50,000 juicy missiles hit the marks. Tough Italians turn town into marmalade, with orange-battle celebrating middle-ages rebellion ITALY: Ivrea Gen. front view of flags & band towards thru street Semi view pan. of Band Gen. view of procession on horses past crowd Background: In the northern Italian town of Ivrea locals celebrate the carnival season by pelting each other with oranges. Hundreds of people in the northern Italian city of Ivrea to re-enact the Battle of the Oranges by pelting each other with juicy oranges. Every year local residents dress up as medieval noblemen and townsfolk then pelt one another with the citrus fruit. Legend has it that b