Olympics - Great Britain’s Gold Medal

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1209A

Date Released

7 Aug 1952

Date submitted

5 Aug 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Argentine Crowds Pay Homage to Eva
2. 2Farouk’s Exile
3. 3Plans for Filming Coronation Pageant
4. 4Cowes Week Opens
5. 5Brm’s Fail Again
6. 6Olympics - Great Britain’s Gold Medal

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Olympics - Great Britain’s Gold Medal. DESCRIPTION: Great Britain’s outstanding triumph at Helsinki came just before the end. Colonel Llewellyn and his famous mount, Foxhunter, were the heroes of the day. After a bad first round, they finally rose to the occasion and with faultless jumping, clinched victory for Great Britain as a team in the Grand Prix des Nations. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Olympic sign. Various shots of the jumping competition, Farmer White jumping, also Colonel Llewellyn on Foxhunter. Crowds standing, Union Flag being hoisted, National Anthem being played. GV stadium, Olympic flame extinguished. Olympic flag removed, & marched off stadium.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Horses; Ceremonies

Locations

Helsinki

Footage sources

British Paramount

Card file number

57617

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

146

Story extras:

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