Cross Country - Motor Cycling

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1361A

Date Released

7 Jul 1955

Date submitted

4 Jul 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Women’s Athletics - White City
2. 2Peasant Craft - New Look - Ecuador
3. 3Queen Juliana Opens Fair - Holland
4. 4Cross Country - Motor Cycling
5. 5Grecian Temple Unearthed - Italy
6. 6Down River Rafting - Germany
7. 7Her Majesty in Scotland
8. *Her Majesty in Scotland
9. *Leeds Children’s Day

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: International Motocross. DESCRIPTION: Ace riders from Britain, Belgium, France and Sweden made the big field competing in the Motocross Grand Prix at Hawkstone Park, Shropshire. SHOTLIST: GV of massed start. Various shots of riders going up hill. Scenes of riders falling off. Crowd shot.

Keywords

Motorcycling

Locations

Shropshire; Hawkstone Park

Card file number

63978

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Soundman

George E. Collings

Camera

James Humphries

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

84

Story extras:

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