Grasmere Sports

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1525

Date Released

25 Aug 1958

Date submitted

22 Aug 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1New Pattern at Sea
2. 2Model Engineer Show
3. 3Atom Scientists Agree
4. 4A Burning Question
5. 5Grasmere Sports
6. 6London Police Chief in Cyprus
7. 7India Celebrates
8. 8Swat That Dragon

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasmere Sports. DESCRIPTION: They still hold the world-famous Old English Games at Grasmere. One of the highlights was the Guides’ race. There was a competition for hounds, too: the hounds; trail. And gold medals for the winners. SHOTLIST: GV Grasmere. GV start of guides’ race. GV race. MS race uphill. GV race. LS same. MS winner. CU winner. GV Hounds race. Crowd. MS hounds climb wall. MS crowd. MS finish of race. CU dog.

Keywords

Sport; Dog racing; Competitions; Dogs; Athletics; Animals

Locations

England; Lake District

Card file number

74749

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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