'Appy ‘Ampstead Meets the Skiers

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1086A

Date Released

30 Mar 1950

Date submitted

1950

Date submitted

27 Mar 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trailer: Nothing in the Bottle
2. 2Combined Navies in Mock Battle
3. 3Nationalist China Prepares to Hit Back
4. 4Native Chiefs Ignore High Commissioner
5. 5Britain’s New Oil Refinery
6. 6Germany Ends Rationing
7. 7'Appy ‘Ampstead Meets the Skiers
8. *Irish Movietone: Railway Cup Finals at Croke Park
9. *Rugby International - Wales V France
10. *FA Cup Semi-Final - Liverpool V Everton
11. *St Patrick’s Parade in New York

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London’s First Ski Meet. DESCRIPTION: Ski-jumping on Hampstead Heath - that’s certainly news. Tons of the very best Norwegian snow had to be imported and spread over the newly-built runway. SHOTLIST: KS. MS Union Jack & Norwegian flags flying together. Line of Norwegian skiing team includes 13 year old boy. Team shovelling out snow from cases. In baskets being transported to top of run. Small boy makes small run. GV of ski-run. GV crowds - thousands - at meeting. Various shots of jumping, including falls taken from all angles. Into camera shots of skiers into haystacks & completely buried in same being dug out.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Hampstead Heath

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

53470

Credits:

Camera

Hilton Craig

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

161

Story extras:

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