Sport on the Continent

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1423
Date Released
10 Sep 1956
Date submitted
1 Sep 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Braemar
  2. 2President Lopes in Pretoria
  3. 3Sport on the Continent
  4. 4Sport on the Continent
  5. 5New NATO Commander
  6. 6War Time Echo
  7. 7The French in Cyprus
  8. 8Russians Inspect Viscounts
  9. 9Venice Film Festival
  10. 10Princess Grace in Paris
  11. 11The Young Idea

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 11
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Championship on Bicycles. DESCRIPTION: Sport on wheels in Copenhagen, the world championship for motor-paced cycles. The title went to Graham French of Australia. Reg Harris of Britain got through the semi-final to meet Antonia Maspes of Italy, for the World professional sprint title, but he was eventually defeated. SHOTLIST: Various shots of bicycles attached to motor cycles going around the track. Graham French wins. Final sprint race (minus motor cycles) Reg Harris v Antonio Maspes. Various shots of race. Maspes wins. Harris arguing with officials. Harris shaking hands with Maspes.
Keywords
Sport; Cycling
Locations
Copenhagen; Denmark
Footage sources
France
Card file number
68119
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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