News in Brief: Geoff Duke Wins

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1343
Date Released
28 Feb 1955
Date submitted
23 Feb 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Persian Royal Visit - Final Engagements
  2. 2News in Brief: Mountain Air Crash
  3. 3News in Brief: New French Premier
  4. 4News in Brief: Oil Fire
  5. 5News in Brief: Geoff Duke Wins
  6. 6News in Brief: Stabilisers for QE
  7. 7The Princess in Jamaica
  8. 8Storm Havoc at Genoa

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Geoff Duke Wins Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: In New South Wales, Geoff Duke, world champion motor-cyclist, won the Senior Grand Prix riding an Italian Gilera. SHOTLIST: The start of the Senior Grand Prix of New South Wales. The camera pans on Geoff Duke as he runs and bumps his 4 cylinder Gilera and roars off ahead of the field. GV of the race in progress. Then the end of the race with the winner (Duke) shown substantially ahead of the rest. CU Duke smiling and removing his crash helmet.
Keywords
Sport; Motorcycling
Locations
Australia; New South Wales; Mount Druitt
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
62955
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
Film clip

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