Winter Olympics

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1186A

Date Released

28 Feb 1952

Date submitted

26 Feb 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fifth Round FA Cup
2. 2Ankarah Retains Empire Title
3. 3Winter Olympics
4. 4Lisbon Conference
5. 5World News Items: Johannesburg Celebrates
6. 6World News Items: Desert Storm
7. 7World News Items: Twin Cubs
8. *Fifth Round FA Cup
9. *Fifth Round FA Cup
10. *Fifth Round FA Cup
11. *3rd Round Scottish Cup
12. *Fifth Round FA Cup

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Winter Olympics. DESCRIPTION: In the pair-skating for Olympic honours in Oslo, Jennifer and John Nicks gave the best performance for Britain, being placed fourth. At Holmenkollen, near Oslo, a record crowd, estimated at 150,000, saw the spectacular ski-jumping event. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV crowds walking to ski jump run. At ice rink, Jennifer & John Nicks pair skating, various shots. At Holmenkollen, ski-jumping in progress, various shots taken from the top, half-way down & from the bottom of the run, also shows the enormous crowds.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Winter sports

Locations

Oslo

Footage sources

Gaumont

Card file number

56812

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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