Holiday Scene: Sport Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1365A
Date Released
4 Aug 1955
Date submitted
Jul 1955
Date submitted
2 Aug 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Jehovah’s Witnesses
  2. 2Holiday Scene: Cowes Week
  3. 3Holiday Scene: Cricket
  4. 4Holiday Scene: Sport Festival
  5. 5Holiday Scene: Beside the Sea
  6. 6News in Brief: Shipwreck
  7. 7News in Brief: Fire Havoc
  8. 8News in Brief: Motor Cycle Spill
  9. 9Athletics - A Record Meeting

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 9
Section Title
Holiday Scene
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sports Day at Stoke Mandeville. DESCRIPTION: Dr Bannister presented the prizes at the sports meeting at Stoke Mandeville Hospital for Spinal Injuries. Competitors, all suffering from some form of paralysis, represented 18 countries. SHOTLIST: Various shots of netball being played by men in wheelchairs. Shots of archery. CU of Genevieve Terrov. Shot of Dr Roger Bannister presenting prizes.
Keywords
Sport; Records; Awards and honours; Disabled persons
Locations
Buckinghamshire; Stoke Mandeville
Card file number
64183
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
60
Story extras:
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