Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Upsets Mar Soap-Box Derby

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
994A
Date Released
24 Jun 1948
Date submitted
22 Jun 1948
Date submitted
21 Jun 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Wimbledon Opens
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Beauty on Water Skis
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Upsets Mar Soap-Box Derby
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: The Queen Starts the Marathon
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: And Sees Model Planes Fly
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Sweden’s King is 90 Years Old
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Palestine - The Truce

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Upsets Mar Soap Box Derby. DESCRIPTION: Wet roads at Ellwangen in Germany, meant a number of upsets for the home made cars in the Soap-Box Derby. SHOTLIST: KS MS children at starting line, behind one another. Start of race, soap boxes off down wet road. Crowds each side. Several spills, soap boxes turning over, one loses a wheel, soap box overturns. Parcel of food from CARE being handed to winner.
Keywords
Vehicles; Competitions
Locations
Ellwangen
Footage sources
Gaumont
Welt Im Film
Card file number
50386
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
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