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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

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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
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