Skating Title for Britain

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1131A
Date Released
8 Feb 1951
Date submitted
6 Feb 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race
  2. 2Skating Title for Britain
  3. 3Oil Tanker Blows Up
  4. 4Mount Lamington’s Tragic Eruption
  5. 5Krupp Released
  6. 6Helicopter Trials
  7. 7Stars at Film Festival
  8. *Glasgow’s Great Fire Aftermath
  9. *Scotland’s Rugby Triumph

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jeannette Altwegg Wins European Figure Skating. DESCRIPTION: Winners of the pair skating European Title at Zurich were Ris Baran and Paul Falk of Germany. Jeannette Altwegg, 21-year-old British title holder, won the Ladies’ Figure-Skating Championship. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds seated around ice skating rink. Ris Baran & Paul Falk of Germany dancing on ice. MS of couple GV Altwegg figure skating, also MS & SCU of figure skating. Cut-ins audience. CU to finish Jeannette Altwegg.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland and Cardiff.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Zurich
Footage sources
France
Card file number
54995
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
Film clip

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