Over the Mountains

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1519
Date Released
14 Jul 1958
Date submitted
11 Jul 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mayfair Meters
  2. 2Over the Mountains
  3. 3Topping Out
  4. 4On the Bottle
  5. 5The Prince at the Fair
  6. 6Bee for Beauty
  7. 7Chinese by Numbers
  8. *Royal Visit

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Over the Mountains. DESCRIPTION: British drivers and cars have been competing in the Alpine Rally, one of the competitors was Ronald Adams, a former winner of the Monte Carlo Rally, to mention one example. Competitors of the two-wheel kind are seen during a phase of the world-famous Tour de France. SHOTLIST: GV mountains. Pan same down to village. MS pan car passes camera. Same. MS pan two Triumphs pass camera. Slip pan to MS cyclists pass camera. MS pan cyclists struggle up hill. CU cyclists pass camera. LS same. MS track shot following cyclist. Top shot cyclist past camera. MS crowd. LS. MS. LS pan finish of race.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing; Environment; Cycling
Locations
France; Italy
Footage sources
France
Card file number
74358
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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