Sport: Cross-Country Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1291A
Date Released
4 Mar 1954
Date submitted
27 Feb 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Tour - The Queen in Tasmania & Melbourne
  2. 2Fashions Herald Spring
  3. 3Floods Hit Australia
  4. 4Princess Margaret Visits Ideal Home
  5. 5Sport: Cross-Country Race
  6. 6Sport: Cohen V Kelly
  7. 7Big Evangelist Meeting
  8. *Queen’s V Hearts
  9. *Ireland V Scotland

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Section Title
Sport
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cross Country Race. DESCRIPTION: There was an enormous field for this year’s Southern Counties Senior Cross-Country Championship, which set out from Parliament Hill Fields, London. The winner of the near 10-mile race was Ken Norris of Thomas Valley Harriers. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various scenes of cross country running. Frank Sando and Ken Norris running neck and neck. Ken Norris wins by five seconds. Close of Ken Norris.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Parliament Hill Fields
Card file number
60605
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
60
Story extras:
Film clip

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