Townsend Rides a Winner

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1368A
Date Released
25 Aug 1955
Date submitted
23 Aug 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1USA and Back in a Day
  2. 2Flood Disaster
  3. 3Moroccan Rising
  4. 4Townsend Rides a Winner
  5. 5Nine Hours Race
  6. 6The Royal Family Behind the Counter
  7. *Edinburgh Festival
  8. *Springboks Victory

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Group Captain Townsend Wins. DESCRIPTION: Group Captain Peter Townsend was competing in the Prix de Cyrano race. Which he won. SHOTLIST: Back shot of horses racing. Parade of horses. CU of Peter Townsend walking. CU of Townsend mounting. GV start. GV of race. GV finish. CU of Townsend being led in.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Horse racing
Locations
France; Ostend
Footage sources
France
Card file number
64353
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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