British Athletes Win

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1564A
Date Released
28 May 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1John Foster Dulles
  2. 2Royal Diary
  3. 3Japs for Tt
  4. 4Cars from Russia
  5. 5British Athletes Win
  6. 6Picnic Time

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Athletes Win. DESCRIPTION: British athletes were in good form at an international meeting in Paris, and Salisbury was the winner of the 400 metres. The hundred metres Invitation was won by Whitehead in spite of strong French competition. Now the 800 metres: Mike Rawson took the lead, then received a challenge from one of the field and beat it off. It was a very tight finish for Rawson, with Moens (Belgium) second. SHOTLIST: LS start (key & title). Pan - Salisbury (GB) in dark vest leading 400 metres. Ground level - Salisbury wins. CU Salisbury. Pan high angle - Whitehead (GB) wins 100 metres. BS start 800 metres. Running past camera (Rawson in dark vest). LS race. Crowd. High angle - Rawson (GB) wins.
Keywords
Athletics
Locations
France; Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
77257
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
77
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