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Mid of Robin Hood on horse2. Mid or Robin Hood jousting3. Various of Robin Hood on horse4. Various of men fighting with swords5. Mid of Robin Hood jousting6. Various of Robin Hood fighting 7. Various of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSherwood Forest - 2 July 2007\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of Robin Hood on horse\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid or Robin Hood jousting\u003cbr/\u003e3. Various of Robin Hood on horse\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of men fighting with swords\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of Robin Hood jousting\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of Robin Hood fighting \u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of Sheriff of Loxley jousting\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of Sheriff of Loxley taunting the crowd\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of jousting\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of sword stuck in ground\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of crowd\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: SOUNDBITE: (English) Robin Hood, Keith Sim\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that it's still contemporary, it's still in the little children's eyes, and in the public eye. I mean, Nottinghamshire, wherever you go in the world, whether you're in the Caribbean, India, or anywhere like that, and you say you come from Nottingham, immediately they relate to Robin Hood. You know the people here, the people that are travelling past us now, they are all going down to the jousting arena to see the jousting. Films are being made about knights and Robin Hood and mediaeval times. And I think that it's that brings it all back to people and keeps it contemporary.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of two boys playing\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of juggler\u003cbr/\u003e15. UPSOUND: (English) Peter, falconer\u003cbr/\u003e\"From the Sudan in Africa, meet Archie. And here comes a wild colt hooded vulture. And there is not anything a vulture can not eat.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of falconer\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of vulture close to children\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of woman with bird\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of bird on child's head\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of falconer\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of bird\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of children\u003cbr/\u003e23. Set up of Robin Hood\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (english) Keith Sim, Robin Hood\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's just all the fairytale of it all. A sort of somebody portrayed as an outlaw, that really was a good guy. You know, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, I think it's part of that, and all the kids can associate with that. And also, over the years obviously there's been the cartoon character that they associate with as well. And the part of being in the forest, and the swords and the bows and arrows. All the children that come up to you and they want to look at your sword and obviously see the bows and arrows and see the knives. They talk about everything and anything, they ask if he was a real character or if he was a make believe character.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of Robin Hood waving sword\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE: (English), Emmy\u003cbr/\u003e\"He's very nice and he always wins.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide of musicians\u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Issas, tourist\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's exiting thinking about what went on in the past, and thinking if this is legend or is it true. It kind of gets your imagination going.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Various of children playing with bow and arrows\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Antonio, tourist \u003cbr/\u003e\"We come from Italy, and we came here to see this place that our children have seen in films. They like seeing these.\"\u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid of man in medieval shop\u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE: (English), Sue \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's just the enchantment of the legend, and also the forest here is something really magical about Sherwood Forest.\"\u003cbr/\u003e33. Tilt down of large oak tree\u003cbr/\u003e34. Close of flag\u003cbr/\u003e35. Mid of man in costume\u003cbr/\u003e36. Close of jewelry on sale \u003cbr/\u003e37. Mid of man looking at jewelry\u003cbr/\u003e38. Close of hand\u003cbr/\u003e39. Various of crowd\u003cbr/\u003e40. SOUNDBITE: (english) Marylyn Lauden\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's got a magic about it. The legend, and the myth, seems to have capture people's minds, wherever you go in the world. I go on holiday to quite a lot of places abroad and people will say where are you from, the minute you say Nottingham, the first thing they say is ah, Robin Hood. So I don't know how it got so popular abroad, but it's only good for us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e41. Various of jester with children\u003cbr/\u003e42. Mid of Robin Hood\u003cbr/\u003eRobin Hood - the medieval legend - is being celebrated at Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, UK, this week.\u003cbr/\u003eThe annual festival commemorates the spirit of the legendary outlaw with a variety of historical sporting pursuits and displays.\u003cbr/\u003eAt a Robin Hood festival in the UK the spirit of the legendary outlaw lives on.\u003cbr/\u003eTourists, young and old, have flocked to Sherwood Forest to celebrate a week dedicated to their favourite fictional character.\u003cbr/\u003eIn keeping with the period - a jousting tournament is held between Robin Hood's band of \"merry men\", and the \"evil\" Sheriff's clan.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile some riders joust, others perform sword fighting displays, all under a warm English summer's day.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the volunteers participating in the festival dressed as Robin Hood is Keith Sim.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says Robin Hood is still contemporary, because many films about knights are still being made.\u003cbr/\u003eAt the event children of all ages have come dressed as their favourite fictional character.\u003cbr/\u003eAlso on hand is a falconry display performed by Ye Olde Redtail Falconry.\u003cbr/\u003eTheir display features birds of prey from around the world.\u003cbr/\u003eThe chief falconer says Archie, a Sudanese hooded vulture, is capable of eating almost anything.\u003cbr/\u003eHe displays the vulture's voracious appetite by hiding a dead mouse in the crowd.\u003cbr/\u003eSim says the legend is appealing because it is all about good fighting evil.\u003cbr/\u003eEmmy, one of the children at the festival, says she likes Robin Hood because he always wins.\u003cbr/\u003eIssas says she likes the legend because it stimulates her imagination about ancient times.\u003cbr/\u003eChildren at the festival can also have a go at learning some of the skills Robin Hood is most famous for, such as archery.\u003cbr/\u003eAntonio, a tourist from Italy, says his children wanted to see for themselves what they've seen in films.\u003cbr/\u003eAlso on show is a small medieval village with stalls selling all types of souvenirs and trinkets.\u003cbr/\u003eOne those browsing the stalls is Sue.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says Sherwood Forest has a magical quality about it.\u003cbr/\u003eUnder the shadow of an old oak tree the medieval atmosphere is in full swing.\u003cbr/\u003eMarylyn Lauden, a marketing manager for Nottingham council, says the local area benefits a great deal because of the legend of Robin Hood.\u003cbr/\u003eThe festival is expected to attract over 70,000 people, and has been running for the past 23 years.\u003cbr/\u003eEditor's note: Historians are still unsure whether Robin Hood existed. He is depicted in literature as a hero of 12th-century England who robbed the rich to help the poor. 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