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Cross Country Championship

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1546A
Date Released
22 Jan 1959
Date submitted
19 Jan 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fuel for Reactors
  2. 2Wales in the Mud
  3. 3Cross Country Championship
  4. 4Hawthorn Honoured
  5. 5Over the Barrels
  6. 6The Indian Scene
  7. 7A Royal Tour Begins

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cross Country Championship. DESCRIPTION: A field of over 300 cross-country runners set out in the 27th inter-counties championship at Highgate. The going was anything but good: slimy slush on top of frozen ground. Heatley (number 312) of Warwickshire was in the lead, followed by Merriman of Herts, and he won easily. SHOTLIST: Competitors running (key). LS mass start. Pan - runners pass camera. LS mass of runners. BS same. MS legs during running. MS runners pass camera. Another same. LS front competitors approach camera. MS pan Heatley (No 315) in lead followed by Merriman. LS Heatley running. MS to LS pan Heatley runs up hill towards finish. MS spectators cheering. Pan Heatley (winner) runs past camera.
Keywords
Sport; Athletics
Locations
London; England
Card file number
76070
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:

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