Downhill

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1651
Date Released
23 Jan 1961
Date submitted
17 Jan 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1England V Germany
  2. 2Wedding Bells
  3. 3Breakfast Time
  4. 4New Liner
  5. 5For Tracking Satellites
  6. 6Downhill

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Downhill. DESCRIPTION: Sun, snow and the mountains of Switzerland were the marvellous setting for the Lauberhorn Trophy Ski races, near Wengen. Conditions were good for the men’s down-hill event, and the record for the run was broken during this meeting. Skiers from 14 countries were engaged in the contests. There was a series of falls at a spot known as the Austrian Hole, so-called because several Austrian experts fell here at a former meeting. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV snow covered mountainside. MS skier passes. GV mountainside. LS skier MLS skier MLS another MLS another LS another MLS skier jumps over rise. MS jumps. MS another. MLS skier crashes in snow. GV skier crashes. LA another crashes. MS skier MLS skier crashes. GV another crashes. LS skier. GV skier crashes men rush to help.
Keywords
Sport; Environment; Winter sports; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Switzerland
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
81751
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:
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