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Weights and Measures

Date released

19 Mar 1956

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

064

NoS ID

120174

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - At Lewisham Market and in the Weights and Measures office, goods and weights are checked by the Weights and Measures Department of London County Council.

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A Weighty Problem

Date released

29 Sep 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1530

NoS ID

022630

Story no

7 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Weighty Problem. DESCRIPTION: Tommy Kono (USA) won the medium weight title in the weight-lifting world championships at Stockholm. SHOTLIST: MS man lifts weights. LS T Kono lifts...

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Weight Lifting

Date released

20 Mar 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2233

NoS ID

029301

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Weight Lifting. DESCRIPTION: Rudolf Mang of Germany, only 21 years old wins a world record with a lift of 230.6 kilos. Title taken from the Russians. SHOTLIST: SCU weight lifter adjusts...

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Weights and Measures

Date released

28 Sep 1942

Series name

New Series Pictorial

Issue no

339

NoS ID

117173

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

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Russian Weight Lifter

Date released

22 Feb 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2177

NoS ID

028718

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Weight Lifter. DESCRIPTION: Known as the strongest man in the world Russia’s Vasily Alexeyev sets 3 world records at a contest in Paris. SHOTLIST: SV Vasily Alexeyev completes...

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Phil Scott

Date released

7 Sep 1925

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1222

NoS ID

084540

Story no

11 / 11

Extras

1 film clip

meets and defeats 3 heavy-weights in 7 days.

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Training for Tokyo

Date released

3 Aug 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1835

NoS ID

025630

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Training for Tokyo. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show some Australian sportsmen training, in various ways, for the Tokyo Olympics. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU Max McAlary cutting man’s hair. CU...

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Strongest Man in the World

Date released

2 Dec 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2374

NoS ID

030572

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strongest Man in the World. DESCRIPTION: Vasili Alexeev of the USSR becomes the ‘World’s Strongest Man’ by lifting 534 1/2 lbs. SHOTLIST: GV contestants lined up on stage. SV...

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You Too Can Lift Weights

Date released

12 Dec 1965

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

65/100

NoS ID

111877

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

The grunt and groan boys of Hungary prove they aren’t muscle bound.

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Zero G

Date released

9 Dec 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1801

NoS ID

025354

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Zero G. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show student pilots at America’s Aerospace Research School where Zero G is achieved in a C135 flying classroom which simulates conditions in a space...

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