Here for the Games

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1518A
Date Released
10 Jul 1958
Date submitted
8 Jul 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen with Dancers
  2. 2Ski Splash
  3. 3Here for the Games
  4. 4Hold That Hammer
  5. 5Horse Racing - Fantastico
  6. 6Report from Down Under
  7. 7Rheims - Hawthorn Wins
  8. *Royal Diary

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Here for the Games. DESCRIPTION: Teams have come from all over the Commonwealth, to compete in the sixth Empire and Commonwealth Games, from July the 18th. Already arrived at the RAF Station near Cardiff, being used as a village for the Games are: Australians, athletes from Ghana, New Zealand girl athletes and wrestlers from Pakistan. SHOTLIST: MS Australians pass camera. GV Australian flag. MS Ghana team walking. GV Ghana flag. MS New Zealand girl tries Ghana robe. MS board with names of countries. Same. MS Aussie sprint start, MS Pakistan wrestling. MS coach on wrestler’s back. CU same. CU girls ‘cycling’ upside down. MS same.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Athletics
Locations
Wales
Card file number
74323
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Len Waldorf
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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