Royal Dukes See Olympic Finals

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1208A

Date Released

31 Jul 1952

Date submitted

28 Jul 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Goodwood Opens
2. 2Russia’s New Ambassador
3. 3Family Prayer Crusade
4. 4Eva Peron Mourned
5. 5Farouk Abdicates
6. 6Royal Dukes See Olympic Finals
7. *Horse Show & International Scout Jamboree
8. *Welsh Motor Racing & Taff Swim

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Dukes See Olympic Finals. DESCRIPTION: The Duke of Edinburgh with the Duke of Kent recently attended the Olympic Games at Helsinki, during which they saw the 1,500 metres and the Marathon Race. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Olympic sign. Duke of Edinburgh arrives outside stadium. Taking refreshment at help yourself restaurant. Inside - takes his seat with Duke of Kent. 15,000 metres event, Roger Bannister running fourth. Berthal of Luxembourg wins. 26 mile marathon - start of same, Peters running, also Cox. Zatopek running. Out of stadium & on road, Zatopek & Peters running side by side. Peters nearly all in & collapses on roadside. Zatopek runs on. Entering stadium & passes the tape. CU his wife kissing him.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Buildings and structures; Food and cooking; Athletics

Locations

Helsinki

Footage sources

British Paramount

Card file number

57582

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

228

Story extras:

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