News in Brief: Four-Men Bob

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1336A

Date Released

13 Jan 1955

Date submitted

4 Jan 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Third Round - FA Cup Ties
2. 2Royal Godmother
3. 3Boxing - Dower V Koch
4. 4News in Brief: Perks for Police
5. 5News in Brief: Crime Doesn’t Pay
6. 6News in Brief: Carrier Innovation
7. 7News in Brief: Calisthenics
8. 8News in Brief: Four-Men Bob
9. *Perth - Wedding at St Ninian’s
10. *Rugby - France V Scotland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Four Men Bob-Racing. DESCRIPTION: At Garmisch, a thrill a minute in the Bavarian four-men Bobsled Tournament. SHOTLIST: KS Four men clambering onto a bobsled at the start of the race. GVs of sleds negotiating the track. Cut-in shots of spectators round the course (ice-walls at the edge of the track). Further shots of sleds speeding past the camera.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Germany; Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

62608

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

45

Story extras:

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