The Sporting Scene: Downhill

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1389

Date Released

16 Jan 1956

Date submitted

11 Jan 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Arsenal Get Through
2. 2Red Berets for Cyprus
3. 3Red Berets for Cyprus
4. 4World’s Biggest Carrier
5. 5The Cops Collect
6. 6Sir Winston - Another Medal
7. 7Sir Winston Churchill Arrives in Nice
8. 8The Sporting Scene: Cross Country
9. 9The Sporting Scene: One Born Every Minute
10. 10The Sporting Scene: Roll Out the Barrels
11. 11The Sporting Scene: Downhill
12. *Football - Manchester City V Blackpool
13. *Wingless Plane

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Section Title

The Sporting Scene

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skiing Downhill Race and Slalom. DESCRIPTION: The international Downhill Race at Wegan in Switzerland the last big event of the kind before the Winter Sports sections of the Olympic Games. SHOTLIST: CU Sir John Hunt in ski gear. CU shots of skiers shooting down course. CU several bad falls at icy patch. CU skiers going head over heels.

Keywords

Sport; Military

Locations

Kitzbuhel; Austria

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

65629

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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