Pirie Wins Again

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1293A

Date Released

18 Mar 1954

Date submitted

13 Mar 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Adenauer in Greece
2. 2Canadian Premier Visits Korea
3. 3The Flat Opens
4. 4'Varsity Crews on Tideway
5. 5Pirie Wins Again
6. 6Victoria - The Royal Tour
7. *Princess Margaret’s Visit

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pirie Wins Again. DESCRIPTION: At Birkenhead, a large field competed in the English Senior Cross-country Championship. Shaking off all opposition, Gordon Pirie won the event easily. SHOTLIST: Shot of Lord Mayor firing pistol for the off. Various shots of large field of cross country runners. Shots of Gordon Pirie and Ken Norris fighting for position. Various shots of the running. Gordon Pirie coming into win. CU Gordon Pirie.

Keywords

Sport; Athletics; Local government

Locations

Birkenhead; Arrowe Park, Birkenhead

Card file number

60678

Credits:

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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