Hold That Hammer

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1518A
Date Released
10 Jul 1958
Date submitted
7 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
4 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hold That Hammer!. DESCRIPTION: These was an athletic meeting at Helsinki, and Harold Connolly, USA, one of the competitors throwing the hammer. But, the wire broke and he’d winded himself with his own hands. SHOTLIST: MS Connolly throws hammer. MS same. CU board. CU Connolly throws hammer and falls. MS Connolly helped off by wife. MS injured boy. MS injured boy carried off.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Health and medicine; Athletics; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Helsinki; Finland
Footage sources
France
Card file number
74326
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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