Point to Point

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1345A

Date Released

17 Mar 1955

Date submitted

11 Mar 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Duke Goes Aboard
2. 2Point to Point
3. 3Flood Aftermath
4. 4Rough Rides
5. 56th Round FA Cup Ties
6. 66th Round FA Cup Ties
7. 76th Round FA Cup Ties
8. *Rugger - Wales V Ireland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cottenham Point to Point. DESCRIPTION: At Cottenham in Cambridgeshire, a Point to Point meeting was run for entries by undergraduates residing in the University. SHOTLIST: A large tree in the foreground. View through the lower branches looking across country at the course. GV the paddock. CU peoples’ feet in the muddy conditions. Jockeys mounting. CU a bookie or tic-tack man. GV The race in progress - the first jump. Two riders are spilled. Further shots of the jumps being negotiated. GV of another part of the course and the horses galloping past. CU two jockeys walking back, having been unseated.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Cambridge; Cottenham

Card file number

63056

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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