Sport on the Continent
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
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:
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- Commentator
- David Lewis Jacobs
- Length of story (in feet)
- 90
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